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Bill	Optometry.	Existing law, the Optometry Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of optometrists by the State Board of Optometry. A violation of the act constitutes a crime. Existing law requires an optometrist, prior to engaging in the practice of optometry, to notify the board in writing of the address or addresses where he or she is to engage, or intends to engage, in the practice of optometry.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 2683	California AB 2683 (20092010)	bill	Optometry.	enacted	Hernandez	8	27	6	2010-02-19	2010-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/c215b578-360e-45ad-a74d-1d2013429a5d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2683	bbd144c62de46ae7cfa5c850370647c7d710c19be818fd3cffb203f9e17896a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2683 (20092010) — Optometry.

Existing law, the Optometry Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of optometrists by the State Board of Optometry. A violation of the act constitutes a crime. Existing law requires an optometrist, prior to engaging in the practice of optometry, to notify the board in writing of the address or addresses where he or she is to engage, or intends to engage, in the practice of optometry.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/13/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/17/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/14/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/15/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/30/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2683 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/16/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent #30 AB2683 Hernandez — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 2683 HERNANDEZ Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 2683 HERNANDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hernandez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2010-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2010-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2010-03-25 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2010-04-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-04-14 Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2010-04-21 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-05-05 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2010-05-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-05-17 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-05-18 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-05-20 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5236.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2010-06-03 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2010-06-14 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2010-06-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-07-01 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2010-08-02 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2010-08-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-04 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2010-08-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4411.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2010-08-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6162.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-08-25 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:50 p.m.
• 2010-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 604, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c215b578-360e-45ad-a74d-1d2013429a5d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).