USPSA has provisionally approved the new division. This will be limited to Level 1 matches until Jan 1, 2016
There has been some push for the new division as it allows production guns to use red dot sights without getting identified as a Limited gun. Some manufacturers has been coming out with factory Optic ready guns, such as S&W or Glock.
It will be interesting to see how this goes.
Link: http://www.uspsa.org/bodminutes/20150718.pdf