---
type: "Bill"
title: "Optometrists: regulation."
description: "Optometrists: regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 986"
citation: "California AB 986 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Optometrists: regulation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eng"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-22"
last_action: "2007-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dc1ca01-dccd-44f3-acd2-8f65d20e7ee1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB986"
source_hash: "890c136ba250675feee6bb919ad387e21c2181e69e735e7ec1f5530be34ae579"
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 986 (20072008) — Optometrists: regulation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB986&version=20070AB98699INT)
2. **03/27/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB986&version=20070AB98698AMD)
3. **10/05/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB986&version=20070AB98696CHP)
4. **AB986** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB986)
5. **09/10/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB986&version=20070AB98697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 986 ENG Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB986 Eng By Ridley-Thomas — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eng — primary (person)
- Hernandez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-07** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1359.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 16. Page 2275.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-04** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2007-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:15 p.m.
- **2007-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 276, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dc1ca01-dccd-44f3-acd2-8f65d20e7ee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).