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Bill	Optometry: license: retired volunteer service designation.	The Optometry Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry by the State Board of Optometry and makes a violation of the act a crime. The act requires the board to issue, upon application and payment of a specified fee, a retired license to an optometrist with a current and active license, and prohibits the holder of a retired license from engaging in the practice of optometry.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1253	California AB 1253 (20152016)	bill	Optometry: license: retired volunteer service designation.	enacted	Steinorth	6	22	6	2015-02-27	2015-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/6f495176-74ec-44b2-8b40-d4645859e5f5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1253	a7a3bed2e6957a465962fd99fe38c376735a19dbb088fb12cbebfeafa72e3755	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1253 (20152016) — Optometry: license: retired volunteer service designation.

The Optometry Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry by the State Board of Optometry and makes a violation of the act a crime. The act requires the board to issue, upon application and payment of a specified fee, a retired license to an optometrist with a current and active license, and prohibits the holder of a retired license from engaging in the practice of optometry.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/03/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/16/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1253 (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/07/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1253 STEINORTH Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1253 STEINORTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1253 Steinorth By Hernandez — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Steinorth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-23 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2015-04-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 7). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-08 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1226.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2015-06-03 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-22 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1663.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-07-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2227.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2015-07-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-07-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 125, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f495176-74ec-44b2-8b40-d4645859e5f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).