--- type: "Bill" title: "Opticians: regulation." description: "Existing law requires that dispensing opticians register with the Medical Board of California prior to engaging in the practice of a dispensing optician. Under existing law, a registered dispensing optician is required to obtain and display a separate certificate of registration at each location where his or her business is conducted. Existing law makes a violation of laws regulating a registered dispensing optician a misdemeanor." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "SB 824" citation: "California SB 824 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Opticians: regulation."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Negrete McLeod"] version_count: 6 action_count: 26 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2011-02-18" last_action: "2011-09-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bdf8c4f-8fb7-4cee-b081-8cb35ea76869" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB824" source_hash: "7286e8ec7e600c1af1fe144fed74b88400676972a4ba71da0c436c3c514120b3" 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 SB 824 (20112012) — Opticians: regulation. Existing law requires that dispensing opticians register with the Medical Board of California prior to engaging in the practice of a dispensing optician. Under existing law, a registered dispensing optician is required to obtain and display a separate certificate of registration at each location where his or her business is conducted. Existing law makes a violation of laws regulating a registered dispensing optician a misdemeanor. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB824&version=20110SB82499INT) 2. **06/23/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB824&version=20110SB82498AMD) 3. **08/29/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB824&version=20110SB82497AMD) 4. **09/30/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB824&version=20110SB82495CHP) 5. **SB824** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB824) 6. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB824&version=20110SB82496ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Special Consent #2 SB824 Negrete McLeod — **40–0** (pass) · upper - SB 824 Negrete McLeod Senate Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB824 Negrete McLeod Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Negrete McLeod — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2011-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22. - **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee` - **2011-03-25** Set for hearing April 4. - **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 541.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-04-13** Set for hearing May 2. - **2011-05-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-05-04** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2011-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 907.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee` - **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-07-11** From consent calendar. - **2011-07-11** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-08-29** Read third time and amended. (Page 2631.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2011-08-29** Ordered to third reading. - **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2732.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2011-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2244.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m. - **2011-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 389, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7bdf8c4f-8fb7-4cee-b081-8cb35ea76869`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).