---
type: "Bill"
title: "The State Bar Act."
description: "Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. The State Bar is governed by a board known as the board of governors of the State Bar. The board of governors consists of 16 attorney members, 6 public members, and the President of the State Bar."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2764"
citation: "California AB 2764 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["The State Bar Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-25"
last_action: "2010-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac2f67aa-9a88-42a9-bfac-148896853c45"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2764"
source_hash: "01118880f05d326b0afe33ce764ed5ab02c12d97a5960eb59bc51583db296ff5"
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 2764 (20092010) — The State Bar Act.

Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. The State Bar is governed by a board known as the board of governors of the State Bar. The board of governors consists of 16 attorney members, 6 public members, and the President of the State Bar.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2764&version=20090AB276499INT)
2. **05/11/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2764&version=20090AB276498AMD)
3. **08/02/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2764&version=20090AB276497AMD)
4. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2764&version=20090AB276496AMD)
5. **09/29/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2764&version=20090AB276494CHP)
6. **AB2764** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2764)
7. **09/10/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2764&version=20090AB276495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2764 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By FEUER — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2764 Judiciary Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FEUER — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2764 Committee on JUD. (Feuer) — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2010-03-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 4). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 5152.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-27** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-23** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-25** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2010-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 4974.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2010-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 6866.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-08-30** (Corrected September 13.)
- **2010-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2010-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 476, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac2f67aa-9a88-42a9-bfac-148896853c45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).