---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorneys: pro bono services."
description: "Attorneys: pro bono services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 913"
citation: "California AB 913 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorneys: pro bono services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2475b27-958a-4bfa-895a-a697810fdac3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB913"
source_hash: "407cc580f4fca7172f7b50b728ebf5eb58956459acdacbb2592830c8c79ae7d7"
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 913 (20012002) — Attorneys: pro bono services.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB913&version=20010AB91399INT)
2. **05/03/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB913&version=20010AB91398AMD)
3. **05/31/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB913&version=20010AB91397AMD)
4. **07/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB913&version=20010AB91396AMD)
5. **08/27/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB913&version=20010AB91395AMD)
6. **10/14/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB913&version=20010AB91393CHP)
7. **AB913** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB913)
8. **09/06/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB913&version=20010AB91394ENR)

## Votes

- AB 913 Steinberg Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB913 Steinberg By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 913 Steinberg Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 880, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 3487.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 12. Page 2566.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-27** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-08-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-07-09** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended (Page 1890.)
- **2001-07-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 2001.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-31** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2475b27-958a-4bfa-895a-a697810fdac3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).