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2024 SESSION
HB 202 Optometrists; expert witness testimony.
Introduced by: Wren M. Williams | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Optometrists; expert witness testimony. Allows an optometrist to testify as an expert witness in a court of law on certain matters within the scope of his practice. This bill is identical to SB 254.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100504D pdf
- 02/27/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB202ER) pdf
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/03/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100504D
- 01/03/24 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/25/24 House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 01/29/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/24 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/24 House: Read first time
- 02/07/24 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/08/24 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/19/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/24 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/24 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/24 House: Enrolled
- 02/27/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB202ER)
- 02/27/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/01/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 718 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0718)