S.64
An act relating to amendments to the scope of practice for optometrists
Sponsors:
Sen. Rebecca White
,
Sen. Philip Baruth, Sen. Scott Beck, Sen. Patrick Brennan, Sen. Randolph Brock, Sen. Thomas Chittenden, Sen. Alison Clarkson, Sen. Brian Collamore, Sen. Samuel Douglass, Sen. Ruth Hardy, Sen. Wendy Harrison, Sen. Larry Hart, Sen. Joseph Major, Sen. Christopher Mattos, Sen. Robert Norris, Sen. Robert Plunkett, Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky, Sen. David Weeks, Sen. Terry Williams
Last Recorded Action: 4/1/2026 - Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2025-2026
House Committee on Health Care
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Jen Colin, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office
- Matthew Greenberg, Chair, Vermont Board of Medical Practice
- Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
- Tina Keshava, President, Vermont Optometric Association
- Jessica McNally, President, Vermont Opthalmological Society
- Brittany Rhoads, Patient
- Sen. Rebecca "Becca" White, Sponsor
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Ted Barnett, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Senate Committee on Finance
- Ted Barnett, Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Jen Colin, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office
Senate Committee on Government Operations
- Dean Barcelow, President, Vermont Optometric Association
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Melissa Davidson, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
- Lauren Hibbert, Deputy Secretary of State, Secretary of State's Office
- Rick Hildebrant, Chair, Board of Medical Practice
- Dorothy Hitchmoth, Doctor of Optometry
- Nate Lighthizer, Doctor of Optometry, Associate Professor, Director of Continuing Education, Oklahoma College of Optometry at Northeastern State University
- Tim Petito, Doctor of Optometry, Accreditation Council on Optometric Education
- Daniel Phillips, Doctor of Optometry
- Charlie Sheffield, American Board of Medical Specialties
- Emma Shouldice, Lobbyist, Vermont Optometric Association
- Sen. Rebecca "Becca" White, Sponsor
Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- Dean Barcelow, President, Vermont Optometric Association
- Christopher Brady, Ophthalmologist
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Emily Carr, General Counsel, Office of Professional Regulation
- Jen Colin, Director, Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office
- Jen Colin, General Counsel, Office of Professional Regulation, Secretary of State's Office
- Sen. Brian Collamore, Reporter
- Alicia Feis, Fellow, American Academy of Optometry
- Matthew Greenberg, Chair, Vermont Board of Medical Practice
- Rick Hildebrant, Chair, Board of Medical Practice
- Libby Houle, Ophthalmologist
- Tina Keshava, President, Vermont Optometric Association
- Nate Lighthizer, Doctor of Optometry, Associate Professor, Director of Continuing Education, Oklahoma College of Optometry at Northeastern State University
- Jessica McNally, President, Vermont Opthalmological Society
- Divy Mehra, Opthalmology Resident, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
- Daniel Phillips, Vice President, Vermont Optometric Association
- Amy Puerto, Fellow, American Academy of Optometry
- Heather Shouldice, President, Capital Complex Committee
- Sen. Rebecca "Becca" White, Sponsor
- Jeff Young, Comprehensive Opthalmologist