republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-1172.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	Pupil health: vision appraisals.	Existing law requires, upon first enrollment in a California school district of a child at an elementary school, and at least every 3rd year thereafter until the child has completed the 8th grade, the child's vision to be appraised by the school nurse or other authorized person, as specified. Existing law requires this appraisal to include tests for visual acuity and color vision. Existing law requires gross external observation of the child's eyes, visual performance, and perception to be done by the school nurse and the classroom teacher.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 1172	California SB 1172 (20132014)	bill	Pupil health: vision appraisals.	enacted	Steinberg	7	28	9	2014-02-20	2014-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/05fe8a22-35f4-4bbb-8f1e-7d35fc50c2aa	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1172	a2af50b5f8e475c2c14104afbeef6f1230de9f6640cb17fb99feea3ac52ae12b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1172 (20132014) — Pupil health: vision appraisals.

Existing law requires, upon first enrollment in a California school district of a child at an elementary school, and at least every 3rd year thereafter until the child has completed the 8th grade, the child's vision to be appraised by the school nurse or other authorized person, as specified. Existing law requires this appraisal to include tests for visual acuity and color vision. Existing law requires gross external observation of the child's eyes, visual performance, and perception to be done by the school nurse and the classroom teacher.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/27/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/23/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/18/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1172 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/29/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB1172 Steinberg Concurrence — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Health. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 1172 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By BUCHANAN — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Steinberg — primary (person)
• Buchanan — principal coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — principal coauthor (person)
• Nazarian — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2014-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2014-03-06 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2014-03-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2014-04-11 Set for hearing April 30.
• 2014-04-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3339.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-05-06 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2014-05-12 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2014-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3711.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3603.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2014-06-02 Referred to Coms. on ED. and HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2014-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-08-06 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6419.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2014-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4915.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2014-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 925, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05fe8a22-35f4-4bbb-8f1e-7d35fc50c2aa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).