Bill Commons

CA AB 1307

enacted

Licensed Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1307 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1307 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 363, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1307 about?

Existing law, the Licensed Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program, requires the Dental Board of California to issue 3-year nonrenewable permits to practice dentistry to dentists from Mexico who meet specified criteria. This bill would repeal those provisions and replace them with a new Licensed Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program. Under that new program, the bill would require the board to issue a 3-year nonrenewable license to practice dentistry to an applicant who meets specified criteria, and require participants in the program to comply with specified requirements. The bill would authorize participants to be employed only by federally qualified health centers that meet specified conditions and would impose requirements on those centers. The bill would require an evaluation of the program to be commenced beginning one year after the program has commenced, as specified, and would prescribe the information to be included in that evaluation. The bill would require the costs for the program to be fully paid for by funds provided by philanthropic foundations.

Who sponsors CA AB 1307?

Ávila Farías is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1307, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law, the Licensed Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program, requires the Dental Board of California to issue 3-year nonrenewable permits to practice dentistry to dentists from Mexico who meet specified criteria. This bill would repeal those provisions and replace them with a new Licensed Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program. Under that new program, the bill would require the board to issue a 3-year nonrenewable license to practice dentistry to an applicant who meets specified criteria, and require participants in the program to comply with specified requirements. The bill would authorize participants to be employed only by federally qualified health centers that meet specified conditions and would impose requirements on those centers. The bill would require an evaluation of the program to be commenced beginning one year after the program has commenced, as specified, and would prescribe the information to be included in that evaluation. The bill would require the costs for the program to be fully paid for by funds provided by philanthropic foundations.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2026-09-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 363, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Ávila Faríasauthor
  • Bainscoauthor
  • Jacksoncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-20

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 363, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-20

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-09-14

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-31

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  5. 2026-08-31

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-08-31

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-31

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2026-08-31

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 7033.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2026-08-30

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  10. 2026-08-28

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

    amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  11. 2026-08-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  12. 2026-08-21

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  13. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2026-08-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  15. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  16. 2026-07-01

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  17. 2026-06-30

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 15).

    amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee

  18. 2026-06-03

    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,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  19. 2025-07-14

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  20. 2025-07-08

    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,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  21. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-06-03

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  23. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 4. Page 1886.)

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  24. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  25. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 23).

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  26. 2025-04-23

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-04-03

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-04-02

    Read second time and amended.

    amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2

  29. 2025-04-01

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 1).

    amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee

  30. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Com. on B. & P.

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  32. 2025-02-22

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  33. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 04/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-02Compare
  • 07/08/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-08Compare
  • 06/03/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-03Compare
  • 07/01/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-07-01Compare
  • 08/21/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-21Compare
  • 08/28/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-28Compare
  • 09/04/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-04Compare
  • 09/20/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-20Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-01 · pass · 17-0

    Member-level votes (18)
    • Haney: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 13-1

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 1307 Ávila Farías Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 72-4

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ellis: no
    • Dixon: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Patterson: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • McKinnor: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-06-15 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Strickland: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Arreguín: other

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