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Bill	California State Board of Optometry: optometry: opticianry.	(1) Existing law, the Optometry Practice Act, until January 1, 2022, establishes the California State Board of Optometry within the Department of Consumer Affairs and makes the board responsible for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry. Under existing law, the board is also responsible for the licensure and regulation of registered dispensing opticians, spectacle lens dispensers, contact lens dispensers, and nonresident contact lens sellers. Until January 1, 2022, existing law authorizes the board to appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an executive officer.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 1534	California AB 1534 (20212022)	bill	California State Board of Optometry: optometry: opticianry.	enacted	Committee on Business and Professions	6	28	9	2021-02-19	2021-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/ce9c5247-6266-488d-a89e-473efc65c7fa	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1534	e58b87d94d92addb8a7a288ca297f4fd9d908ad9b6e29bd0c556e1145dc027f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1534 (20212022) — California State Board of Optometry: optometry: opticianry.

(1) Existing law, the Optometry Practice Act, until January 1, 2022, establishes the California State Board of Optometry within the Department of Consumer Affairs and makes the board responsible for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry. Under existing law, the board is also responsible for the licensure and regulation of registered dispensing opticians, spectacle lens dispensers, contact lens dispensers, and nonresident contact lens sellers. Until January 1, 2022, existing law authorizes the board to appoint a person exempt from civil service who shall be designated as an executive officer.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/30/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/07/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1534 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/15/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1534 Business and Professions Concurrence in Senate Amendments By LOW — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1534 B. & P. (Low) By Roth — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1534 B. & P. Assembly Third Reading By LOW — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Business and Professions — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2021-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2021-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
• 2021-03-11 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-05-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1460.)
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1618.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 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. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2566.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2021-09-09 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3087.)
• 2021-09-10 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (September 10). committee-passage
• 2021-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3119.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2021-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 630, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce9c5247-6266-488d-a89e-473efc65c7fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).