republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2145.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dental services: long-term health care facilities."
description: "Existing law generally requires the State Department of Public Health to license, inspect, and regulate health facilities, including long-term health care facilities, as defined. Existing law authorizes dental services, as defined under the Dental Practice Act, to be provided in health facilities by persons licensed by the Dental Board of California. The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensing, regulation, and discipline of, among others, registered dental hygienists in alternative practice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2145"
citation: "California AB 2145 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dental services: long-term health care facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davies"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0732b0e1-1651-4274-ab55-dbe1fe734a8e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2145"
source_hash: "9105f544b64bb9bfbec14af985f963bffbda6352ae52506f439b4ea2acf74020"
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 2145 (20212022) — Dental services: long-term health care facilities.

Existing law generally requires the State Department of Public Health to license, inspect, and regulate health facilities, including long-term health care facilities, as defined. Existing law authorizes dental services, as defined under the Dental Practice Act, to be provided in health facilities by persons licensed by the Dental Board of California. The Dental Practice Act provides for the licensing, regulation, and discipline of, among others, registered dental hygienists in alternative practice.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2145&version=20210AB214599INT)
2. **03/16/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2145&version=20210AB214598AMD)
3. **06/13/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2145&version=20210AB214597AMD)
4. **08/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2145&version=20210AB214595CHP)
5. **AB2145** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2145)
6. **08/05/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2145&version=20210AB214596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar AB2145 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2145 Davies Consent Calendar Second Day — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2145 Davies Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davies — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4371.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4574.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2022-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 157, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0732b0e1-1651-4274-ab55-dbe1fe734a8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).