republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1524.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dentistry: examination requirements."
description: "The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of dentists and associated professions by the Dental Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an applicant for a license to practice dentistry to complete various examinations, including the National Board Dental Examination, an examination in California law and ethics developed by the board, and a clinical and written examination administered either by the board or the Western Regional Examining Board. Existing law prescribes the maximum amount of fees to be charged for examination, licensure, and renewal, for deposit into the State Dentistry Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1524"
citation: "California AB 1524 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dentistry: examination requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hayashi"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2010-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/180c8a0c-e815-4027-a8f1-d9b757a0c440"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1524"
source_hash: "0f0d72ff4bcf1b9f590f60765ceb7a81a8c49caefbf73104b6afe505af9ddac9"
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 1524 (20092010) — Dentistry: examination requirements.

The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of dentists and associated professions by the Dental Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an applicant for a license to practice dentistry to complete various examinations, including the National Board Dental Examination, an examination in California law and ethics developed by the board, and a clinical and written examination administered either by the board or the Western Regional Examining Board. Existing law prescribes the maximum amount of fees to be charged for examination, licensure, and renewal, for deposit into the State Dentistry Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1524&version=20090AB152499INT)
2. **01/04/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1524&version=20090AB152498AMD)
3. **06/14/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1524&version=20090AB152497AMD)
4. **06/29/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1524&version=20090AB152496AMD)
5. **08/09/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1524&version=20090AB152495AMD)
6. **09/29/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1524&version=20090AB152493CHP)
7. **AB1524** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1524)
8. **08/24/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1524&version=20090AB152494ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1524 HAYASHI Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1524 Hayashi By Yee — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1524 HAYASHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hayashi — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-02** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2010-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-01-05** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2010-01-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-01-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-01-25** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-01-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 3913.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-14** 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-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-08-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 4578.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-19** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6373.)
- **2010-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6380.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 446, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/180c8a0c-e815-4027-a8f1-d9b757a0c440`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).