republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1215.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Optometry."
description: "Existing law, the Optometry Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry by the State Board of Optometry. A violation of the act is a crime. Existing law requires a healing arts board to issue, upon specified application and payment, an inactive license to a current holder of an active license whose license is not suspended, revoked, or otherwise restricted. Existing law prohibits the holder of an inactive license from engaging in any activity requiring a license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1215"
citation: "California SB 1215 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Optometry."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-22"
last_action: "2012-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56264942-e733-4b9a-ba66-473debd3847a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1215"
source_hash: "8df3877c0c54eee575de57949cbb7e031c8566938bea44403ca5d013b1f214f3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 1215 (20112012) — Optometry.

Existing law, the Optometry Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry by the State Board of Optometry. A violation of the act is a crime. Existing law requires a healing arts board to issue, upon specified application and payment, an inactive license to a current holder of an active license whose license is not suspended, revoked, or otherwise restricted. Existing law prohibits the holder of an inactive license from engaging in any activity requiring a license.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1215&version=20110SB121599INT)
2. **04/12/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1215&version=20110SB121598AMD)
3. **08/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1215&version=20110SB121597AMD)
4. **09/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1215&version=20110SB121595CHP)
5. **SB1215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1215)
6. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1215&version=20110SB121596ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1215 Emmerson Senate Third Reading By HAYASHI — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1215 Emmerson Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-21** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2012-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3086.) (April 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2012-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3388.) (April 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3402.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** From consent calendar.
- **2012-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-20** Read third time and amended. (Page 6028.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6445.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4972.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 359, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56264942-e733-4b9a-ba66-473debd3847a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).