Existing law, 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 misdemeanor. Existing law authorizes an optometrist to practice optometry at a health facility or residential care facility, subject to specified conditions, including that the optometrist maintain and disclose patient records in a specified manner. Existing law requires an optometrist to be certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents in order to diagnose and treat specified conditions.
California AB 458 (20192020) — Optometrists: home residence permit.
Existing law, 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 misdemeanor. Existing law authorizes an optometrist to practice optometry at a health facility or residential care facility, subject to specified conditions, including that the optometrist maintain and disclose patient records in a specified manner. Existing law requires an optometrist to be certified to use therapeutic pharmaceutical agents in order to diagnose and treat specified conditions.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 458 Nazarian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 20–0 (pass) · lower
AB 458 Nazarian Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB458 Nazarian et al. By Glazer — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Nazarian — primary (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-11 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-12 From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
2019-03-18 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2019-03-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2019-04-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2019-04-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-04-10 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-11 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1474.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2019-05-22 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. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
2019-06-06 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. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
2019-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2019-06-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
2019-07-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-28 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2460.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 3015.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 425, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd83ecf7-cbab-4a10-9ba8-577ae57f5593. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).