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SB776Introduced in the Senate

Optometry.

Passed

Introduced by Angelique Ashby, District 8

What does this bill do?

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Official description

An act to amend Sections 2541.2, 2550, 2552, 2553.5, 2558.1, 2559.1, 2560, 2564.5, 2564.6, 2564.71, 2564.76, 2564.79, 2565, 2566, 2566.1, 3003, 3010.5, 3014.6, 3020, 3046, 3046.1, 3057, 3070.2, 3145, 3151, and 3152 of, to add Sections 2555.6, 3004.5, and 3024.5 to, and to repeal and add Section 2564.90 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

Where it stands

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 788, Statutes of 2025.

October 13, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

Assembly votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

6 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Unfinished Business SB776 Ashby Concurrence · September 13, 2025

37

Yes

0

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

Citizen Voice

How would you vote on this bill?

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Megan Dahle1Yes
Mike McGuire2Yes
Christopher Cabaldon3Yes
Marie Alvarado-Gil4Yes
Jerry McNerney5Yes
Roger Niello6Yes
Jesse Arreguin7Yes
Angelique Ashby8Yes
Tim Grayson9Yes
Aisha Wahab10Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

  2. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  3. Read first time.

  4. Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

  5. Set for hearing April 28.

  6. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

  7. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 917.) (April 28).

  8. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. Set for hearing May 12.

  10. May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  11. Set for hearing May 23.

  12. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1213.) (May 23).

  13. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  15. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  16. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1523.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  17. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  18. Referred to Com. on B. & P.

  19. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  22. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29).

  23. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  24. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  25. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 2. Page 3404.) Ordered to the Senate.

  26. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  27. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3038.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  28. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

  29. Approved by the Governor.

  30. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 788, Statutes of 2025.

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