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Bill	Dentistry: licensure: exemption.	The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of dentistry by the Dental Board of California, and prohibits the practice of dentistry by any person without a valid license, except in certain circumstances.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 880	California AB 880 (20152016)	bill	Dentistry: licensure: exemption.	enacted	Ridley-Thomas	9	27	6	2015-02-26	2015-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/327a965e-5708-4217-a52b-4b8c681ad071	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB880	b3a36a4e98b8eeb5520109a3332890921ecd9ea01296cd7dda2312ddcf90a22f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 880 (20152016) — Dentistry: licensure: exemption.

The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of dentistry by the Dental Board of California, and prohibits the practice of dentistry by any person without a valid license, except in certain circumstances.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/28/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/22/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/18/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/01/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB880 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/03/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 880 RIDLEY-THOMAS Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB880 Ridley-Thomas By Hall — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 880 RIDLEY-THOMAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ridley-Thomas — primary (person)
• Hall — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 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
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2015-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 21). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-28 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-29 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1449.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2015-06-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-06-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-13 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-07-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2202.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2675.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 409, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/327a965e-5708-4217-a52b-4b8c681ad071. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).