republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-824.md

---
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).