---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the practice of optometry; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the practice of optometry; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 103"
citation: "Alaska HB 103 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUGS", "LICENSING", "MEDICAL CARE", "OPTOMETRISTS", "PHYSICIANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SPOHNHOLZ"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f75606d-0876-43b6-87b1-93529a51caf7"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB103"
source_hash: "6fa181a7eca42465751d05c7c4035f5d04bd126168da8fecbff2f26999c84f7e"
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-ak"]
---

# Alaska HB 103 (30) — An Act relating to the practice of optometry; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0103A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0103A)
2. **HB0103B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0103B)
3. **HB0103C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0103C)
4. **HB0103D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0103D)
5. **HB0103Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0103Z)

## Votes

- Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted? — **5–14** (fail) · upper
- Shall CSHB 103(FIN) pass the House? — **31–7** (pass) · lower
- Shall CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 103(FIN) "An Act relating to the practice of optometry; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **16–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SPOHNHOLZ — primary (person)
- Kito — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-03** HSS, L&C
- **2017-03-13** Cosponsors added: KITO
- **2017-03-22** HSS RPT CS(HSS) NT 5DP 1NR
- **2017-03-22** HSS Do Pass: JOHNSTON, TARR, SULLIVAN-LEONARD, KITO, SPOHNHOLZ `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** HSS No Recommendation: EASTMAN
- **2017-03-22** Fiscal Note 1: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-04-03** L&C RPT CS(L&C) NT 5DP 1AM
- **2017-04-03** L&C Do Pass: SULLIVAN-LEONARD, WOOL, BIRCH, KNOPP, KITO `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-03** L&C Amend: JOSEPHSON
- **2017-04-03** Fiscal Note 2: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-04-03** FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER L&C
- **2017-04-15** FIN RPT CS(FIN) NT 7DP 4AM
- **2017-04-15** FIN Do Pass: THOMPSON, PRUITT, GUTTENBERG, GRENN, ORTIZ, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-15** FIN Amend: GARA, WILSON, KAWASAKI, TILTON
- **2017-04-15** Fiscal Note 2: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-04-27** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27** FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2017-04-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/28 CALENDAR
- **2017-04-28** Read the third time CSHB 103(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2017-04-28** RETURN TO SECOND FOR ALL AMS UC
- **2017-04-28** AM NO 1 FAILED Y8 N30 E2
- **2017-04-28** AM NO 2 FAILED Y11 N27 E2
- **2017-04-28** AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2017-04-28** PASSED Y31 N7 E2 `passage`
- **2017-04-28** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-04-28** REINBOLD NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
- **2017-05-01** RECONSIDERATION NOT TAKEN UP
- **2017-05-01** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-05-01** VERSION: CSHB 103(FIN)
- **2017-05-04** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-05-04** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11** FIN RPT 2DP 5NR
- **2017-05-11** FIN Do Pass: MACKINNON, OLSON `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** FIN No Recommendation: HOFFMAN, BISHOP, VON IMHOF, HUGHES, MICCICHE
- **2017-05-11** Fiscal Note 2: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-05-11** RULES TO 1ST SUP CALENDAR 5/11/17
- **2017-05-11** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/12 CALENDAR
- **2017-05-12** Read the third time CSHB 103(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2017-05-12** RETURN TO SECOND FOR ALL AMENDMENTS UC
- **2017-05-12** AM NO 1 FAILED Y5 N14 E1
- **2017-05-12** AUTOMATICALLY IN THIRD READING
- **2017-05-12** PASSED Y16 N3 E1 `passage`
- **2017-05-12** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-05-12** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2017-05-12** VERSION: CSHB 103(FIN)
- **2017-07-01** LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 6/28/17
- **2017-07-01** FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 57
- **2017-07-01** Fiscal Note 2: (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-07-27** 9:13 AM 7/17/17 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-06** Signed into law 7/26 CHAPTER 17 SLA 17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-06** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f75606d-0876-43b6-87b1-93529a51caf7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).