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type: "Bill"
title: "Registered Dispensing Opticians: Dispensing Opticians Fund: Optometry Fund: mobile optometric offices."
description: "Existing law provides for the registration and regulation of dispensing opticians, spectacle lens dispensers, nonresident contact lens sellers, and contact lens dispensers by the State Board of Optometry and requires certain fees and fines in connection therewith to be paid to the board. Existing law establishes the Dispensing Opticians Fund and requires that these fees and fines be paid into that fund, and provides that the funds be available, upon appropriation, to the board for specified purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 896"
citation: "California AB 896 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Registered Dispensing Opticians: Dispensing Opticians Fund: Optometry Fund: mobile optometric offices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2020-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fc73955-252f-4380-b118-b266127bd1af"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB896"
source_hash: "fe37b40a18f82e2c936417036de002f6bde1f178c5bb6b5b10a403c456a5194d"
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 AB 896 (20192020) — Registered Dispensing Opticians: Dispensing Opticians Fund: Optometry Fund: mobile optometric offices.
Existing law provides for the registration and regulation of dispensing opticians, spectacle lens dispensers, nonresident contact lens sellers, and contact lens dispensers by the State Board of Optometry and requires certain fees and fines in connection therewith to be paid to the board. Existing law establishes the Dispensing Opticians Fund and requires that these fees and fines be paid into that fund, and provides that the funds be available, upon appropriation, to the board for specified purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/20/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB896&version=20190AB89699INT)
2. **02/25/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB896&version=20190AB89697AMD)
3. **07/22/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB896&version=20190AB89696AMD)
4. **08/06/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB896&version=20190AB89695AMD)
5. **08/25/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB896&version=20190AB89694AMD)
6. **08/30/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB896&version=20190AB89698AMD)
7. **09/24/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB896&version=20190AB89692CHP)
8. **AB896** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB896)
9. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB896&version=20190AB89693ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading AB896 Low et al. By Pan Urgency Clause — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10, that the measure be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 896 Low Concurrence - Urgency Added — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 896 Low Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **20–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Low — primary (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1361.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-27** From Consent Calendar.
- **2019-06-27** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-08-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-07-01** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** 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`
- **2020-08-06** 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`
- **2020-08-10** From committee: Pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10 that the measure be re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-14** From committee: That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13) `committee-passage`
- **2020-08-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2020-08-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-31** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5429.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2020-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 121, Statutes of 2020.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fc73955-252f-4380-b118-b266127bd1af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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