republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1416.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dentistry: fees."
description: "Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of dentistry by the Dental Board of California. The act, among other things, requires the board to examine all applicants for a license to practice dentistry and to collect and apply all fees, as specified. The act requires the charges and fees for licensed dentists to be established by the board as is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the responsibilities required by these provisions, subject to specified limitations. Existing law prohibits the fee for an initial license and for the renewal of the license from exceeding $450."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1416"
citation: "California SB 1416 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dentistry: fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Block"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5b2fc1a-bb4c-4cf6-b5c9-22282bc88d67"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1416"
source_hash: "7e5aeb7be5d8fea5aa44788711066d869940f34aea0bb9ab375d90898943dccd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1416 (20132014) — Dentistry: fees.

Existing law, the Dental Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of dentistry by the Dental Board of California. The act, among other things, requires the board to examine all applicants for a license to practice dentistry and to collect and apply all fees, as specified. The act requires the charges and fees for licensed dentists to be established by the board as is necessary for the purpose of carrying out the responsibilities required by these provisions, subject to specified limitations. Existing law prohibits the fee for an initial license and for the renewal of the license from exceeding $450.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1416&version=20130SB141699INT)
2. **03/25/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1416&version=20130SB141698AMD)
3. **04/10/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1416&version=20130SB141697AMD)
4. **06/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1416&version=20130SB141695CHP)
5. **SB1416** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1416)
6. **06/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1416&version=20130SB141696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1416 Block Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON — **47–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Block — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-04** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2014-04-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 3279.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 3326.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 47. Noes 22. Page 5620.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-19** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2014-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 73, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5b2fc1a-bb4c-4cf6-b5c9-22282bc88d67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).