republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1277.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dentistry: Dental Board of California: regulations."
description: "The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of dentistry by the Dental Board of California, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires a licensee to register his or her place of practice with the board, as specified, and authorizes the board to inspect the books, records, and premises of any dentist licensed under the act in response to a complaint that a licensee has violated any law or regulation that constitutes grounds for disciplinary action by the board. Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, governs the procedure for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law. That act authorizes state agencies to adopt emergency regulations if certain procedures are followed, including making a finding of emergency and the need for immediate action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1277"
citation: "California AB 1277 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dentistry: Dental Board of California: regulations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daly"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bc1d0bf-6c96-4ed5-8d90-d75a2f234aed"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1277"
source_hash: "f316ff2cd36d11bb52169dd27b1f1ab698bf00815152d0bb7e3d10a9c9f997a7"
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 AB 1277 (20172018) — Dentistry: Dental Board of California: regulations.

The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of dentistry by the Dental Board of California, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires a licensee to register his or her place of practice with the board, as specified, and authorizes the board to inspect the books, records, and premises of any dentist licensed under the act in response to a complaint that a licensee has violated any law or regulation that constitutes grounds for disciplinary action by the board. Existing law, the Administrative Procedure Act, governs the procedure for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of regulations by state agencies and for the review of those regulatory actions by the Office of Administrative Law. That act authorizes state agencies to adopt emergency regulations if certain procedures are followed, including making a finding of emergency and the need for immediate action.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1277&version=20170AB127799INT)
2. **03/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1277&version=20170AB127798AMD)
3. **06/12/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1277&version=20170AB127797AMD)
4. **08/31/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1277&version=20170AB127796AMD)
5. **10/02/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1277&version=20170AB127794CHP)
6. **AB1277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1277)
7. **09/13/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1277&version=20170AB127795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1277 Daly By Newman — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1277 DALY Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1277 DALY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daly — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-13** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1484.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** 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. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-14** Measure version as amended on June 12 corrected. `amendment-passage`
- **2017-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-07-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2017-07-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-20** From Consent Calendar.
- **2017-07-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-08-31** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2551.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3144.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 413, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bc1d0bf-6c96-4ed5-8d90-d75a2f234aed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).