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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "State Bar Act: attorneys: discipline: annual membership fee."
+description: "(1) The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation governed by a board of trustees. Existing law, until January 1, 2019, requires the board to charge an annual membership fee for active members of up to $315 for 2018."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20172018"
+identifier: "AB 3249"
+citation: "California AB 3249 (20172018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["State Bar Act: attorneys: discipline: annual membership fee."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-02-27"
+last_action: "2018-09-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d32fd71e-d4e4-4ea8-9b50-82278d64d891"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3249"
+source_hash: "8ee46ef8c941b8422ec6c268c77c1409faac1b5fb97613adb0175f2e57392c0a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 3249 (20172018) — State Bar Act: attorneys: discipline: annual membership fee.
+
+(1) The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation governed by a board of trustees. Existing law, until January 1, 2019, requires the board to charge an annual membership fee for active members of up to $315 for 2018.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/27/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3249&version=20170AB324999INT)
+2. **05/03/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3249&version=20170AB324998AMD)
+3. **05/16/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3249&version=20170AB324997AMD)
+4. **06/18/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3249&version=20170AB324996AMD)
+5. **07/03/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3249&version=20170AB324995AMD)
+6. **08/22/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3249&version=20170AB324994AMD)
+7. **09/21/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3249&version=20170AB324992CHP)
+8. **AB3249** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3249)
+9. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3249&version=20170AB324993ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 3249 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By STONE — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- AB 3249 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By STONE — **80–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB3249 JUD. (Stone) By Jackson — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-27** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
+- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-17** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5462.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2018-06-13** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
+- **2018-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
+- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-09** From Consent Calendar.
+- **2018-08-09** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2018-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5894.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2018-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.)
+- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6899.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2018-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
+- **2018-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 659, Statutes of 2018.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d32fd71e-d4e4-4ea8-9b50-82278d64d891`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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