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Bill	Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program.	Under the Dental Practice Act, the Dental Board of California is responsible for the licensure and regulation of dentists. Existing law establishes the Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program of 2002 to assist dentists who practice in an underserved area with loan repayment pursuant to an agreement between the board and the dentist, as specified. Existing law governs eligibility, application, selection, placement, and repayment for the program, and authorizes the board to adopt standards to implement the program relating to eligibility, placement, and termination. Existing law creates the Dentally Underserved Account within the State Dentistry Fund and moneys in the account are continuously appropriated for purposes of the program.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2485	California AB 2485 (20152016)	bill	Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program.	enacted	Santiago	8	26	8	2016-02-19	2016-09-24	openstates	ocd-bill/e2990e61-b866-4179-b82c-8a1e874c0e94	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2485	1011f96bc757470e85364a328e92de72c76847504344b5ff635e02aa211fc60a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2485 (20152016) — Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program.

Under the Dental Practice Act, the Dental Board of California is responsible for the licensure and regulation of dentists. Existing law establishes the Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program of 2002 to assist dentists who practice in an underserved area with loan repayment pursuant to an agreement between the board and the dentist, as specified. Existing law governs eligibility, application, selection, placement, and repayment for the program, and authorizes the board to adopt standards to implement the program relating to eligibility, placement, and termination. Existing law creates the Dentally Underserved Account within the State Dentistry Fund and moneys in the account are continuously appropriated for purposes of the program.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/30/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/11/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/27/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/15/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/24/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2485 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/25/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2485 Santiago By Galgiani Urgency Clause — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2485 SANTIAGO Concurrence - Urgency Added — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2485 SANTIAGO Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Santiago — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2016-03-08 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2016-03-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-31 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2016-04-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 5). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-04-11 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2016-04-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-05-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-05-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5112.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2016-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2016-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-18 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5120.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2016-08-24 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6197.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2016-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2016-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 575, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2990e61-b866-4179-b82c-8a1e874c0e94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).