republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2574.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Optometry: ophthalmic and optometric assistants."
description: "Existing law relating to prescription lenses and ophthalmic and optometric assistants authorizes an assistant, under the direct responsibility and supervision of an optometrist or ophthalmologist, to perform preliminary subjective refraction procedures in connection with finalizing subjective refraction procedures performed by an ophthalmologist or optometrist, subject to prescribed conditions. Those conditions include a requirement that the assistant have at least 45 hours of documented training in subjective refraction procedures acceptable to the supervising ophthalmologist or optometrist."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2574"
citation: "California AB 2574 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Optometry: ophthalmic and optometric assistants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b6056c6-aa89-41c5-a9bb-fbb52e12518b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2574"
source_hash: "82ff4001488b1f478d6d6d9cd2ce5e8c9d2ca6aab5cf341724650cf657ec494a"
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 2574 (20212022) — Optometry: ophthalmic and optometric assistants.

Existing law relating to prescription lenses and ophthalmic and optometric assistants authorizes an assistant, under the direct responsibility and supervision of an optometrist or ophthalmologist, to perform preliminary subjective refraction procedures in connection with finalizing subjective refraction procedures performed by an ophthalmologist or optometrist, subject to prescribed conditions. Those conditions include a requirement that the assistant have at least 45 hours of documented training in subjective refraction procedures acceptable to the supervising ophthalmologist or optometrist.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2574&version=20210AB257499INT)
2. **06/14/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2574&version=20210AB257498AMD)
3. **08/22/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2574&version=20210AB257497AMD)
4. **09/27/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2574&version=20210AB257495CHP)
5. **AB2574** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2574)
6. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2574&version=20210AB257496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2574 Salas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2574 Salas Consent Calendar Second Day — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2574 Salas By Min — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 4582.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-18** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-14** 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`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-04** From Consent Calendar.
- **2022-08-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5236.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 596, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b6056c6-aa89-41c5-a9bb-fbb52e12518b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).