03/23/2022 01:00 PM Senate FINANCE

SENATE BILL NO. 186                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of                                                                     
     Examiners in Optometry; and providing for an effective                                                                     
     date."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
1:04:57 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Bishop relayed  that it was the  second hearing for                                                                    
SB 186. The committee opened  and closed public testimony on                                                                    
March 21,  2022 and intended  to hear a  bill reintroduction                                                                    
and look to the will of the committee.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
1:05:34 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
TIM LAMKIN, STAFF, SENATOR GARY  STEVENS, explained that the                                                                    
bill  was  a sunset  extension.  He  expressed that  he  was                                                                    
available to answer general questions.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Bishop  discussed  FN  1 from  the  Department  of                                                                    
Commerce, Community and  Economic Development, OMB Component                                                                    
2360,   with   an   appropriation  for   the   Division   of                                                                    
Corporations, Business and  Professional Licensing (CBPL) in                                                                    
the annual amount of $16,700 for  FY 23 through FY 28. There                                                                    
was a projected  cost of $15,200 for one  staff member, $400                                                                    
for advertising  and public notice  of board  meetings, $100                                                                    
for training and conference fees,  and $100 for stipends for                                                                    
board members.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Hoffman MOVED  to report  SB 186  out of  Committee                                                                    
with individual recommendations  and the accompanying fiscal                                                                    
note. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
SB 186  was REPORTED out of  committee with a six  "do pass"                                                                    
recommendations,  and with  one previously  published fiscal                                                                    
impact note: FN 1(CED).