republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-986.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Optometrists: regulation.	Optometrists: regulation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20072008	AB 986	California AB 986 (20072008)	bill appropriation	Optometrists: regulation.	enacted	Eng	5	20	6	2007-02-22	2007-10-05	openstates	ocd-bill/0dc1ca01-dccd-44f3-acd2-8f65d20e7ee1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB986	890c136ba250675feee6bb919ad387e21c2181e69e735e7ec1f5530be34ae579	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 03/27/07 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/05/07 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB986 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/10/07 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/0dc1ca01-dccd-44f3-acd2-8f65d20e7ee1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).