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type: "Bill"
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title: "Optometry: scope of practice."
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description: "The Optometry Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry by the State Board of Optometry, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs. That act provides that the practice of optometry includes the prevention and diagnosis of disorders and dysfunctions of the visual system, and the treatment and management of certain disorders and dysfunctions of the visual system, as well as the provision of rehabilitative optometric services, and doing certain things, including, but not limited to, the examination of the human eye or eyes. Existing law makes a violation of the act punishable as a crime."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 443"
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citation: "California AB 443 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["Optometry: scope of practice."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-02-13"
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last_action: "2017-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/340fadfc-56e5-4861-9df3-dc44b322b4c9"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB443"
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source_hash: "5cff0172bca598f5bb56bc639e60869e94923ba4d47e9168b49cfb0e54cbc828"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 443 (20172018) — Optometry: scope of practice.
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The Optometry Practice Act provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of optometry by the State Board of Optometry, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs. That act provides that the practice of optometry includes the prevention and diagnosis of disorders and dysfunctions of the visual system, and the treatment and management of certain disorders and dysfunctions of the visual system, as well as the provision of rehabilitative optometric services, and doing certain things, including, but not limited to, the examination of the human eye or eyes. Existing law makes a violation of the act punishable as a crime.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/13/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB443&version=20170AB44399INT)
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2. **05/02/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB443&version=20170AB44398AMD)
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3. **07/05/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB443&version=20170AB44397AMD)
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4. **09/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB443&version=20170AB44396AMD)
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5. **10/07/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB443&version=20170AB44394CHP)
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6. **AB443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB443)
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7. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB443&version=20170AB44395ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB443 Salas By Hill — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 443 SALAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 443 SALAS Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Salas — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
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- **2017-02-27** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-05-02** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-05-03** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1795.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-08** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2017-06-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2017-07-05** 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-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
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- **2017-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-08-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2854.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2017-09-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3544.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2017-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 549, Statutes of 2017.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/340fadfc-56e5-4861-9df3-dc44b322b4c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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