republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1491.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Healing arts."
description: "(1) The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of dentists and registered dental assistants by the Dental Board of California, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the board to meet regularly once in San Francisco and once in Los Angeles each year after the commencement of dental schools for the purpose of examining applicants and at such other times as the board may designate. The act entitles the secretary of the board to traveling and other expenses and prohibits the secretary from receiving a salary. The act requires the board to examine all applicants for licensure to practice dentistry in the state and to issue licenses to those applicants that pass the examination of the board. That act requires the board to adopt reasonably necessary rules concerning, among other things, the establishment of standards for the approval of dental colleges. That act requires the board to only use examiners who have been appointed by the board and meet specified criteria, including that the examiner holds no position as an officer or faculty member at any college, school, or institution that provides dental instruction in the same licensure category as that held by the examiner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1491"
citation: "California SB 1491 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Healing arts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-21"
last_action: "2018-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f993faee-6dcc-4e70-a42a-9d799f7dbc77"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1491"
source_hash: "d7f9d115dbbe381dd38b194f6c9cc2020d899b70e2a423eabafbc466b6e0b249"
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 1491 (20172018) — Healing arts.

(1) The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of dentists and registered dental assistants by the Dental Board of California, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and requires the board to meet regularly once in San Francisco and once in Los Angeles each year after the commencement of dental schools for the purpose of examining applicants and at such other times as the board may designate. The act entitles the secretary of the board to traveling and other expenses and prohibits the secretary from receiving a salary. The act requires the board to examine all applicants for licensure to practice dentistry in the state and to issue licenses to those applicants that pass the examination of the board. That act requires the board to adopt reasonably necessary rules concerning, among other things, the establishment of standards for the approval of dental colleges. That act requires the board to only use examiners who have been appointed by the board and meet specified criteria, including that the examiner holds no position as an officer or faculty member at any college, school, or institution that provides dental instruction in the same licensure category as that held by the examiner.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1491&version=20170SB149199INT)
2. **04/02/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1491&version=20170SB149198AMD)
3. **06/04/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1491&version=20170SB149197AMD)
4. **08/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1491&version=20170SB149196AMD)
5. **09/22/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1491&version=20170SB149194CHP)
6. **SB1491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1491)
7. **09/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1491&version=20170SB149195ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar SB1491 B.P.&E.D. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1491 B., P. & E.D. Senate Third Reading By LOW — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2018-04-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4784.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2018-05-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5090.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-15** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** From consent calendar.
- **2018-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6712.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6062.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 703, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f993faee-6dcc-4e70-a42a-9d799f7dbc77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).