California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1708 — State Board of Optometry: practice of optometry: licensure.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 564, Statutes of 2017.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 02, 2017. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law, the Optometry Practice Act, until January 1, 2018, establishes the State Board of Optometry. Under existing law, the State Board of Optometry is responsible for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry, registered dispensing opticians, spectacle lens dispensers, and contact lens dispensers. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, authorizes the State Board of Optometry to appoint an executive officer to perform duties delegated by the board. Existing law establishes the Optometry Fund and provides that all fee money collected under the act is paid into that fund and continuously appropriated. Existing law makes a violation of that act punishable as a crime. This bill would extend the operation of the board and the authority to appoint an executive officer to January 1, 2022. The bill would make all money collected under the act available only upon appropriation of the Legislature to carry out the purposes of the act. Existing law provides that registrations for spectacle lens dispensers and contact lens dispensers expire at 12 midnight on the last day of the birth month of the licensee during the 2nd year of a 2-year term if not renewed and that registrations for dispensing opticians expire at midnight on the last day of the month in which the license was issued during the 2nd year of a 2-year term if not renewed. This bill would instead provide that registrations for dispensing opticians, spectacle lens dispensers, and contact lens dispensers expire at midnight on the last day of the month in which the license was issued during the 2nd year of a 2-year term if not renewed. Existing law defines the term "advertise" for purposes of the Optometry Practice Act. Existing law makes it unlawful to advertise or hold himself or herself out as an optometrist without having first obtained a license and prohibits an optometrist from advertising or otherwise holding himself or herself out to be a specialist in eye disease and treatment. This bill would redefine the term "advertise" to also include the use of the Internet. By changing the definition of an existing crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law authorizes the board to, at any time, inspect the premises in which optometry is being practiced or in which spectacle or contact lenses are fitted or dispensed and provides that this authority does not extend to premises that are not registered with the board. This bill would instead authorize the board or its designated agent, at any time, to inspect both any premise in which optometric services, as defined, are provided or reasonably suspected of being provided and any premise in which the services of dispensing, adjusting, or fitting of contact lenses or spectacle lenses are provided or reasonably suspected of being provided. Existing law authorizes the board to issue a license to practice optometry to a person who meets certain requirements, including that an applicant for licensure has never had his or her license to practice optometry revoked or suspended in any state where he or she holds a license. This bill would make this requirement inoperative on July 1, 2018. Existing law requires the board to permit a graduate of a foreign university who meets certain requirements to take the examinations for an optometrist license. This bill would repeal that provision. This bill would require the board to develop an interface with the National Practitioner Data Bank for the purpose of conducting inquiries on applicants for licensure, applicants for renewal of licensure, and current licensees, as specified. The bill, on and after July 1, 2018, would require the board, in addition to any other fees, to charge an applicant for licensure $2 and an applicant for renewal of licensure $4 for this purpose. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 3057 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 443 to be operative only if this bill and AB 443 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 564, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 3527.).

  5. From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 14).

  6. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3409.)

  7. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

  8. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  9. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 2. Page 2851.).

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  11. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  13. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  14. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1).

  15. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  16. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

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

  20. Introduced measure version corrected.

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

  22. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1850.)

  23. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  24. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26).

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

  26. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  27. Referred to Com. on B. & P.

  28. From printer. May be heard in committee April 2.

  29. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Low · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Low

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1708 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 75 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 55003
Democratic 14100
Republican 6000
Total 75103
% of votes cast 95%1%0%4%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Harper — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Not Voting
Gloria — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Chau — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Burke — Yea
Fong — Yea
Salas — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Nay
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in.

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11001
Democratic 4000
Total 15001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Baker — Yea
Brough — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Ting — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Chiu — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Holden — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea

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3rd Reading AB1708 Low By Hill

Passed 38 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34100
Democratic 4100
Total 38200
% of votes cast 95%5%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Allen — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Newman — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 1708 B. & P. Assembly Third Reading By LOW

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 55002
Democratic 16000
Republican 6001
Total 77003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Burke — Yea
Salas — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Harper — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Chau — Not Voting
Chiu — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11000
Democratic 5000
Republican 1000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Gray — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1708 do?
Existing law, the Optometry Practice Act, until January 1, 2018, establishes the State Board of Optometry. Under existing law, the State Board of Optometry is responsible for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry, registered dispensing opticians, spectacle lens dispensers, and contact lens dispensers. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, authorizes the State Board of Optometry to appoint an executive officer to perform duties delegated by the board. Existing law establishes the Optometry Fund and provides that all fee money collected under the act is paid into that fund and continuously appropriated. Existing law makes a violation of that act punishable as a crime. This bill would extend the operation of the board and the authority to appoint an executive officer to January 1, 2022. The bill would make all money collected under the act available only upon appropriation of the Legislature to carry out the purposes of the act. Existing law provides that registrations for spectacle lens dispensers and contact lens dispensers expire at 12 midnight on the last day of the birth month of the licensee during the 2nd year of a 2-year term if not renewed and that registrations for dispensing opticians expire at midnight on the last day of the month in which the license was issued during the 2nd year of a 2-year term if not renewed. This bill would instead provide that registrations for dispensing opticians, spectacle lens dispensers, and contact lens dispensers expire at midnight on the last day of the month in which the license was issued during the 2nd year of a 2-year term if not renewed. Existing law defines the term "advertise" for purposes of the Optometry Practice Act. Existing law makes it unlawful to advertise or hold himself or herself out as an optometrist without having first obtained a license and prohibits an optometrist from advertising or otherwise holding himself or herself out to be a specialist in eye disease and treatment. This bill would redefine the term "advertise" to also include the use of the Internet. By changing the definition of an existing crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law authorizes the board to, at any time, inspect the premises in which optometry is being practiced or in which spectacle or contact lenses are fitted or dispensed and provides that this authority does not extend to premises that are not registered with the board. This bill would instead authorize the board or its designated agent, at any time, to inspect both any premise in which optometric services, as defined, are provided or reasonably suspected of being provided and any premise in which the services of dispensing, adjusting, or fitting of contact lenses or spectacle lenses are provided or reasonably suspected of being provided. Existing law authorizes the board to issue a license to practice optometry to a person who meets certain requirements, including that an applicant for licensure has never had his or her license to practice optometry revoked or suspended in any state where he or she holds a license. This bill would make this requirement inoperative on July 1, 2018. Existing law requires the board to permit a graduate of a foreign university who meets certain requirements to take the examinations for an optometrist license. This bill would repeal that provision. This bill would require the board to develop an interface with the National Practitioner Data Bank for the purpose of conducting inquiries on applicants for licensure, applicants for renewal of licensure, and current licensees, as specified. The bill, on and after July 1, 2018, would require the board, in addition to any other fees, to charge an applicant for licensure $2 and an applicant for renewal of licensure $4 for this purpose. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 3057 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 443 to be operative only if this bill and AB 443 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 1708?
AB 1708 is sponsored by Low.
What is the current status of AB 1708?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 02, 2017. Enacted.
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