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Bill	Optometry: administration of immunizations.	The Optometry Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry by the State Board of Optometry in the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act requires an optometrist who has been certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents to be certified for the administration of immunizations by complying with specified requirements, including completing an immunization training program endorsed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 762	California SB 762 (20172018)	bill	Optometry: administration of immunizations.	enacted	Hernandez	7	32	9	2017-02-17	2018-09-10	openstates	ocd-bill/631a70ac-cc63-4aba-afba-10855704b673	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB762	b9a6f8c4742247c50db3276f0cd4d5f065fe8b3ce71f50e1dfa86f9db5b131c1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 762 (20172018) — Optometry: administration of immunizations.

The Optometry Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry by the State Board of Optometry in the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act requires an optometrist who has been certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents to be certified for the administration of immunizations by complying with specified requirements, including completing an immunization training program endorsed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/17/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/11/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/27/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/10/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB762 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/28/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB762 Hernandez et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 762 Hernandez Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent Calendar # SB762 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hernandez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2017-03-09 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2017-04-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2017-04-20 Set for hearing April 24 in B., P. & E.D. pending receipt.
• 2017-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 825.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2017-05-15 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
• 2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1189.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-26 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1358.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-06-15 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-06-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-08-08 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-16 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6309.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-16 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-20 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2018-08-20 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5450.) Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-21 Set for hearing August 22.
• 2018-08-22 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 5619.) committee-passage
• 2018-08-24 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2018-08-24 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5685.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2018-09-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 330, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/631a70ac-cc63-4aba-afba-10855704b673. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).