--- type: "Bill" title: "Optometry." description: "Existing law, the Optometry Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry by the State Board of Optometry. A violation of the act is a crime. Existing law requires a healing arts board to issue, upon specified application and payment, an inactive license to a current holder of an active license whose license is not suspended, revoked, or otherwise restricted. Existing law prohibits the holder of an inactive license from engaging in any activity requiring a license." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "SB 1215" citation: "California SB 1215 (20112012)" classification: ["bill", "appropriation"] subjects: ["Optometry."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"] version_count: 6 action_count: 25 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2012-02-22" last_action: "2012-09-17" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56264942-e733-4b9a-ba66-473debd3847a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1215" source_hash: "8df3877c0c54eee575de57949cbb7e031c8566938bea44403ca5d013b1f214f3" 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 1215 (20112012) — Optometry. Existing law, the Optometry Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry by the State Board of Optometry. A violation of the act is a crime. Existing law requires a healing arts board to issue, upon specified application and payment, an inactive license to a current holder of an active license whose license is not suspended, revoked, or otherwise restricted. Existing law prohibits the holder of an inactive license from engaging in any activity requiring a license. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1215&version=20110SB121599INT) 2. **04/12/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1215&version=20110SB121598AMD) 3. **08/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1215&version=20110SB121597AMD) 4. **09/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1215&version=20110SB121595CHP) 5. **SB1215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1215) 6. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1215&version=20110SB121596ENR) ## Votes - SB 1215 Emmerson Senate Third Reading By HAYASHI — **78–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB1215 Emmerson Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Emmerson — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2012-02-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2012-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. - **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee` - **2012-03-21** Set for hearing April 9. - **2012-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3086.) (April 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-04-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2012-04-20** Set for hearing April 30. - **2012-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3388.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2012-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3402.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2012-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2012-05-10** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee` - **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2012-08-16** From consent calendar. - **2012-08-16** Ordered to third reading. - **2012-08-20** Read third time and amended. (Page 6028.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2012-08-20** Ordered to third reading. - **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6445.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2012-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2012-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4972.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2012-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2012-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 359, Statutes of 2012. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56264942-e733-4b9a-ba66-473debd3847a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).