---
type: "Bill"
title: "Optometry."
description: "Optometry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2020"
citation: "California AB 2020 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Optometry."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-15"
last_action: "2002-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37812afd-8752-42f8-b52c-e79c6e511588"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2020"
source_hash: "34ad0fa53e89989ec6c0d13bdef7e4140228394f1d7c9995def61a8ae4ecb615"
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 2020 (20012002) — Optometry.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2020&version=20010AB202099INT)
2. **04/03/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2020&version=20010AB202098AMD)
3. **04/08/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2020&version=20010AB202097AMD)
4. **04/11/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2020&version=20010AB202096AMD)
5. **06/20/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2020&version=20010AB202095AMD)
6. **06/27/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2020&version=20010AB202094AMD)
7. **08/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2020&version=20010AB202093AMD)
8. **09/23/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2020&version=20010AB202091CHP)
9. **AB2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2020)
10. **08/19/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2020&version=20010AB202092ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2020 Correa Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2020 Correa Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2020 Correa By Figueroa — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)
- Matthews — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 814, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-19** From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 7727.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5430.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-06-27** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-16** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6169.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 16). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-11** 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-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-04-08** 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-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-03** 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-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection and Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2002-02-15** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37812afd-8752-42f8-b52c-e79c6e511588`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).