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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Optometry: license: retired volunteer service designation."
+description: "The Optometry Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry by the State Board of Optometry and makes a violation of the act a crime. The act requires the board to issue, upon application and payment of a specified fee, a retired license to an optometrist with a current and active license, and prohibits the holder of a retired license from engaging in the practice of optometry."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 1253"
+citation: "California AB 1253 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Optometry: license: retired volunteer service designation."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steinorth"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2015-02-27"
+last_action: "2015-07-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f495176-74ec-44b2-8b40-d4645859e5f5"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1253"
+source_hash: "a7a3bed2e6957a465962fd99fe38c376735a19dbb088fb12cbebfeafa72e3755"
+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 1253 (20152016) — Optometry: license: retired volunteer service designation.
+
+The Optometry Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry by the State Board of Optometry and makes a violation of the act a crime. The act requires the board to issue, upon application and payment of a specified fee, a retired license to an optometrist with a current and active license, and prohibits the holder of a retired license from engaging in the practice of optometry.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1253&version=20150AB125399INT)
+2. **04/08/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1253&version=20150AB125398AMD)
+3. **06/03/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1253&version=20150AB125397AMD)
+4. **07/16/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1253&version=20150AB125395CHP)
+5. **AB1253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1253)
+6. **07/07/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1253&version=20150AB125396ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1253 STEINORTH Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 1253 STEINORTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB1253 Steinorth By Hernandez — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steinorth — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
+- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
+- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 7). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2015-04-08** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1226.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-06-03** 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. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-06-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
+- **2015-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-06-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1663.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-06-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2015-07-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2227.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2015-07-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
+- **2015-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 125, Statutes of 2015.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f495176-74ec-44b2-8b40-d4645859e5f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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