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AB 1708

Chaptered

State Board of Optometry: practice of optometry: licensure

Author: Evan Low (D-AD28)
Latest action: Chaptered (Oct 7, 2017) Chapter 564, Statutes of 2017
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Also in: 2025-2026 (Amended Assembly) · 2023-2024 (Amended Assembly) · 2021-2022 (Amended Assembly) · 2019-2020 (Amended Assembly)

Version history

7 versions — latest: Chaptered (Oct 7, 2017)

Action history

  1. Mar 2, 2017 Read first time. To print. Assembly
  2. Mar 3, 2017 From printer. May be heard in committee April 2. Assembly
  3. Mar 16, 2017 Referred to Com. on B. & P. Assembly
  4. Apr 26, 2017 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Assembly
  5. May 3, 2017 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. Assembly
  6. May 26, 2017 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26). Assembly
  7. May 26, 2017 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Assembly
  8. May 30, 2017 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1850.) Assembly
  9. May 30, 2017 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. Senate
  10. May 31, 2017 Introduced measure version corrected. Senate
  11. Jun 8, 2017 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. Senate
  12. Jun 13, 2017 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. Senate
  13. Jul 5, 2017 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. Senate
  14. Jul 11, 2017 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Senate
  15. Aug 21, 2017 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. Senate
  16. Sep 1, 2017 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. Senate
  17. Sep 1, 2017 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). Senate
  18. Sep 5, 2017 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Senate
  19. Sep 8, 2017 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. Senate
  20. Sep 11, 2017 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Senate
  21. Sep 13, 2017 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 2. Page 2851.). Senate
  22. Sep 14, 2017 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Assembly
  23. Sep 14, 2017 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly
  24. Sep 14, 2017 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3409.) Assembly
  25. Sep 15, 2017 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 14). Assembly
  26. Sep 15, 2017 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 3527.). Assembly
  27. Sep 26, 2017 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. Governor
  28. Oct 7, 2017 Approved by the Governor. Governor
  29. Oct 7, 2017 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 564, Statutes of 2017. Secretary of State

Votes recorded

4 votes
Sep 15, 2017 · Assembly Floor
AB 1708 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments
Tally
75 · 1 · 3
PASS
Democrat
50/1/2
Republican
24/0/1
Other
1/0/0
Aye (75)
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-AD04) Joaquin Arambula (D-AD31) Marc Berman (D-AD24) Richard Bloom (D-AD50) Raul Bocanegra (D-AD39) Rob Bonta (D-AD18) Autumn Burke (D-AD62) Anna Caballero (D-AD30) Ian Charles Calderon (D-AD57) Sabrina Cervantes (D-AD60) Ed Chau (D-AD49) David Chiu (D-AD17) Kansen Chu (D-AD25) Ken Cooley (D-AD08) Jim Cooper (D-AD09) Cristina Garcia (D-AD58) Matthew Dababneh (D-AD45) Tom Daly (D-AD69) Eduardo Garcia (D-AD56) Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-AD13) Jim Frazier (D-AD11) Laura Friedman (D-AD43) Mike Gipson (D-AD64) Todd Gloria (D-AD78) Timothy Grayson (D-AD14) Chris Holden (D-AD41) Jacqui Irwin (D-AD44) Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer (D-AD59) Ash Kalra (D-AD27) Marc Levine (D-AD10) Monique Limón (D-AD37) Evan Low (D-AD28) Mark Stone (D-AD29) Kevin McCarty (D-AD07) Jose Medina (D-AD61) Kevin Mullin (D-AD22) Al Muratsuchi (D-AD66) Adrin Nazarian (D-AD46) Patrick O'Donnell (D-AD70) Bill Quirk (D-AD20) Anthony Rendon (D-AD63) Eloise Gómez Reyes (D-AD47) Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D-AD54) Freddie Rodriguez (D-AD52) Blanca Rubio (D-AD48) Rudy Salas (D-AD32) Miguel Santiago (D-AD53) Tony Thurmond (D-AD15) Philip Ting (D-AD19) Shirley Weber (D-AD79) Dante Acosta (R-AD38) Catharine Baker (R-AD16) Franklin Bigelow (R-AD05) William Brough (R-AD73) Rocky Chávez (R-AD76) Phillip Chen (R-AD55) Steven Choi (R-AD68) Jordan Cunningham (R-AD35) Brian Dahle (R-AD01) Heath Flora (R-AD12) Vince Fong (R-AD34) James Gallagher (R-AD03) Kevin Kiley (R-AD06) Tom Lackey (R-AD36) Brian Maienschein (R-AD77) Devon Mathis (R-AD26) Chad Mayes (R-AD42) Melissa Melendez (R-AD67) Jay Obernolte (R-AD33) Jim Patterson (R-AD23) Marc Steinorth (R-AD40) Travis Allen (R-AD72) Randy Voepel (R-AD71) Marie Waldron (R-AD75) Gonzalez Fletcher
No (1)
Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-AD65)
Abstain / Other (3)
Adam Gray (D-AD21) Jim Wood (D-AD02) Matthew Harper (R-AD74)
Sep 14, 2017 · Asm Business and Professions
With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in.
Tally
15 · 0 · 1
PASS
Democrat
10/0/1
Republican
5/0/0
Other
0/0/0
Aye (15)
Joaquin Arambula (D-AD31) Richard Bloom (D-AD50) David Chiu (D-AD17) Mike Gipson (D-AD64) Timothy Grayson (D-AD14) Chris Holden (D-AD41) Jacqui Irwin (D-AD44) Evan Low (D-AD28) Kevin Mullin (D-AD22) Philip Ting (D-AD19) Catharine Baker (R-AD16) William Brough (R-AD73) Jordan Cunningham (R-AD35) Chad Mayes (R-AD42) Marc Steinorth (R-AD40)
Abstain / Other (1)
Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-AD13)
Sep 13, 2017 · Senate Floor
Assembly 3rd Reading AB1708 Low By Hill
Tally
38 · 2 · 0
PASS
Democrat
27/0/0
Republican
11/2/0
Other
0/0/0
Aye (38)
Benjamin Allen (D-SD26) Toni Atkins (D-SD39) Jim Beall (D-SD15) Steven Bradford (D-SD35) Kevin De León (D-SD24) Bill Dodd (D-SD03) Cathleen Galgiani (D-SD05) Steven Glazer (D-SD07) Ed Hernandez (D-SD22) Robert Hertzberg (D-SD18) Jerry Hill (D-SD13) Ben Hueso (D-SD40) Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-SD19) Ricardo Lara (D-SD33) Connie Leyva (D-SD20) Mike McGuire (D-SD02) Tony Mendoza (D-SD32) Holly Mitchell (D-SD30) Bill Monning (D-SD17) Josh Newman (D-SD29) Richard Pan (D-SD06) Anthony Portantino (D-SD25) Richard Roth (D-SD31) Nancy Skinner (D-SD09) Henry Stern (D-SD27) Bob Wieckowski (D-SD10) Scott Wiener (D-SD11) Joel Anderson (R-SD38) Patricia Bates (R-SD36) Tom Berryhill (R-SD08) Anthony Cannella (R-SD12) Jean Fuller (R-SD16) Ted Gaines (R-SD01) John Moorlach (R-SD37) Jim Nielsen (R-SD04) Jeff Stone (R-SD28) Andy Vidak (R-SD14) Scott Wilk (R-SD21)
No (2)
Mike Morrell (R-SD23) Janet Nguyen (R-SD34)
May 30, 2017 · Assembly Floor
AB 1708 B. & P. Assembly Third Reading By LOW
Tally
77 · 0 · 3
PASS
Democrat
52/0/2
Republican
24/0/1
Other
1/0/0
Aye (77)
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-AD04) Joaquin Arambula (D-AD31) Marc Berman (D-AD24) Richard Bloom (D-AD50) Raul Bocanegra (D-AD39) Rob Bonta (D-AD18) Autumn Burke (D-AD62) Anna Caballero (D-AD30) Ian Charles Calderon (D-AD57) Sabrina Cervantes (D-AD60) David Chiu (D-AD17) Kansen Chu (D-AD25) Ken Cooley (D-AD08) Jim Cooper (D-AD09) Cristina Garcia (D-AD58) Matthew Dababneh (D-AD45) Tom Daly (D-AD69) Eduardo Garcia (D-AD56) Jim Frazier (D-AD11) Laura Friedman (D-AD43) Mike Gipson (D-AD64) Todd Gloria (D-AD78) Jimmy Gomez (D-AD51) Adam Gray (D-AD21) Timothy Grayson (D-AD14) Chris Holden (D-AD41) Jacqui Irwin (D-AD44) Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer (D-AD59) Ash Kalra (D-AD27) Marc Levine (D-AD10) Monique Limón (D-AD37) Evan Low (D-AD28) Mark Stone (D-AD29) Kevin McCarty (D-AD07) Jose Medina (D-AD61) Kevin Mullin (D-AD22) Al Muratsuchi (D-AD66) Adrin Nazarian (D-AD46) Patrick O'Donnell (D-AD70) Bill Quirk (D-AD20) Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-AD65) Anthony Rendon (D-AD63) Eloise Gómez Reyes (D-AD47) Sebastian Ridley-Thomas (D-AD54) Freddie Rodriguez (D-AD52) Blanca Rubio (D-AD48) Rudy Salas (D-AD32) Miguel Santiago (D-AD53) Tony Thurmond (D-AD15) Philip Ting (D-AD19) Shirley Weber (D-AD79) Jim Wood (D-AD02) Dante Acosta (R-AD38) Catharine Baker (R-AD16) Franklin Bigelow (R-AD05) William Brough (R-AD73) Rocky Chávez (R-AD76) Phillip Chen (R-AD55) Jordan Cunningham (R-AD35) Brian Dahle (R-AD01) Heath Flora (R-AD12) Vince Fong (R-AD34) James Gallagher (R-AD03) Matthew Harper (R-AD74) Kevin Kiley (R-AD06) Tom Lackey (R-AD36) Brian Maienschein (R-AD77) Devon Mathis (R-AD26) Chad Mayes (R-AD42) Melissa Melendez (R-AD67) Jay Obernolte (R-AD33) Jim Patterson (R-AD23) Marc Steinorth (R-AD40) Travis Allen (R-AD72) Randy Voepel (R-AD71) Marie Waldron (R-AD75) Gonzalez Fletcher
Abstain / Other (3)
Ed Chau (D-AD49) Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-AD13) Steven Choi (R-AD68)

Lobbying activity

FPPC lobbying disclosures whose activity descriptions mention AB 1708, scoped to filings whose coverage period extends through or beyond this bill's introduction date.

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Period Form Filer Firm / Employer Lobbying Activity Filing
10/01/2017–12/31/2017 Employer Report EL CAJON; CITY OF — AB 1; AB 64; AB 110; AB 805; AB 1708; SB 649; STATE BUDGET MATTERS #2208727
07/01/2017–09/30/2017 Employer Report Luxottica Retail North America, Inc. Luxottica Retail North America, Inc. Board of Optometry, AB 1708, AB 168, AB 1005, AB 1583, SB 223, SB 241, SB 313 #2187528
07/01/2017–09/30/2017 Employer Report NATIONAL VISION, INC., FIRSTSIGHT VISION SERVICES, INC & AFFILIATES NATIONAL VISION, INC., NVAL VISIONCARE SYSTEMS OF CALIFORNIA, INC. & AFFILIATES AB 1708; GOVERNOR'S OFFICE RE: OPTOMETRY, STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY #2189686
07/01/2017–09/30/2017 Employer Report WARBY PARKER Warby Parker AB 1708 #2191853
04/01/2017–06/30/2017 Employer Report CALIFORNIA OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION — Legislature RE: medical funding AB 443,1092,1110,447,508,725,1708,60 SB 17,27,386,97,300 #2176321
04/01/2017–06/30/2017 Employer Report NATIONAL VISION, INC., FIRSTSIGHT VISION SERVICES, INC & AFFILIATES NATIONAL VISION, INC., NVAL VISIONCARE SYSTEMS OF CALIFORNIA, INC. & AFFILIATES AB 1708 #2174670
04/01/2017–06/30/2017 Employer Report WARBY PARKER Warby Parker AB 1708 #2175166
Period Form Employer Firm / Filer Fees Reimb. Period Total Cumulative Lobbying Activity Filing
10/01/2017–12/31/2017 Firm Activity (payments) EL CAJON CITY OF ELLISON WILSON ADVOCACY, LLC $4,167 $0 $4,167 $22,917 AB 1; AB 64; AB 110; AB 805; AB 1708; SB 649; STATE BUDGET MATTERS #2208427
07/01/2017–09/30/2017 Employer Payments to Firms Capitol Partners, LLC Luxottica Retail North America, Inc. $0 $358 $358 $54,545 Board of Optometry, AB 1708, AB 168, AB 1005, AB 1583, SB 223, SB 241, SB 313 #2187528
07/01/2017–09/30/2017 Firm Activity (payments) Luxottica Retail North America, Inc. Capitol Partners, LLC $0 $358 $358 $54,545 Board of Optometry, AB 1708,AB 168, AB 1005, AB 1583, SB 223, SB 241, SB 313 #2193497
07/01/2017–09/30/2017 Firm Activity (payments) NATIONAL VISION, INC., FIRSTSIGHT VISION SERVICES, INC. & AFFILIATES CAPITOL STRATEGIC ADVISORS, LLC $37,500 $1,072 $38,572 $113,572 AB 1708; GOVERNOR'S OFFICE RE: OPTOMETRY, STATE BOARD OF OPTOMETRY #2189663
07/01/2017–09/30/2017 Firm Activity (payments) WARBY PARKER KP PUBLIC AFFAIRS $15,000 $225 $15,225 $27,913 AB 1708 #2191693
04/01/2017–06/30/2017 Firm Activity (payments) CALIFORNIA OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION GOVERNMENTAL ADVOCATES, INC. $27,000 $149 $27,149 $54,206 AB 60,725,508,447,1110,1092,443,1708, SB 386,17,27,300; Legislature RE: medical funding #2171551
04/01/2017–06/30/2017 Firm Activity (payments) Luxottica Retail North America, Inc. Capitol Partners, LLC $54,187 $0 $54,187 $54,187 AB 1708, Board of Optometry #2173629
04/01/2017–06/30/2017 Firm Activity (payments) NATIONAL VISION, INC., FIRSTSIGHT VISION SERVICES, INC. & AFFILIATES CAPITOL STRATEGIC ADVISORS, LLC $37,500 $0 $37,500 $75,000 AB 1708 #2174660
04/01/2017–06/30/2017 Firm Activity (payments) WARBY PARKER KP PUBLIC AFFAIRS $10,000 $150 $10,150 $12,688 AB 1708 #2175792