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+type: "Bill"
+title: "February 2025 bar exam: audit."
+description: "The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California (State Bar) , a public corporation governed by a board of trustees. The act sets forth the requirements for a license to practice law in California, including passing the general bar examination. The act requires the board of trustees to contract with the California State Auditor every 2 years to conduct a performance audit of the State Bar's operations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20252026"
+identifier: "SB 47"
+citation: "California SB 47 (20252026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["February2025barexam", "audit"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-12-12"
+last_action: "2025-10-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bd1edf2-cf59-4720-b9e8-189a4679ec9c"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB47"
+source_hash: "c94ee05fc46c93437426fb4fe771f586d7d55385c627ebf43f1d8fadd782e4c1"
+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 SB 47 (20252026) — February 2025 bar exam: audit.
+
+The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California (State Bar) , a public corporation governed by a board of trustees. The act sets forth the requirements for a license to practice law in California, including passing the general bar examination. The act requires the board of trustees to contract with the California State Auditor every 2 years to conduct a performance audit of the State Bar's operations.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **12/12/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB47&version=20250SB4799INT)
+2. **03/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB47&version=20250SB4798AMD)
+3. **04/24/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB47&version=20250SB4797AMD)
+4. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB47&version=20250SB4796AMD)
+5. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB47&version=20250SB4794CHP)
+6. **SB47** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB47)
+7. **09/13/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB47&version=20250SB4795ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- Unfinished Business SB47 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 47 Umberg Third Reading Urgency By Kalra — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 47 Umberg Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Umberg — primary (person)
+- Pacheco — principal coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-12** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
+- **2024-12-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 12.
+- **2025-01-06** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-29** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing May 6.
+- **2025-04-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1026.) (May 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1269.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2025-06-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-24** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-06-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2345.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-27** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
+- **2025-06-30** Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
+- **2025-06-30** Ordered to the Assembly.
+- **2025-07-01** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
+- **2025-07-03** Action rescinded whereby bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
+- **2025-07-03** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2025-09-02** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2025-09-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3167.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2025-09-11** Urgency clause adopted.
+- **2025-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2878.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
+- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 209, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0bd1edf2-cf59-4720-b9e8-189a4679ec9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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