---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorneys: pro bono services."
description: "Attorneys: pro bono services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1703"
citation: "California AB 1703 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorneys: pro bono services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2001-03-06"
last_action: "2002-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f856fcb8-2f2c-49c0-bde1-6605f5b54240"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1703"
source_hash: "5c14e83ebb6e3f89b4e38d242f85a151aeb7b2494171139e37854969b9ffbf28"
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 1703 (20012002) — Attorneys: pro bono services.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/06/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1703&version=20010AB170399INT)
2. **01/18/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1703&version=20010AB170398AMD)
3. **07/11/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1703&version=20010AB170396CHP)
4. **AB1703** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1703)
5. **06/28/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1703&version=20010AB170397ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1703 Steinberg Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1703 Steinberg By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-07-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 137, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-06-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-06-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 11. Page 5067.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-05-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 4585.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-01-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (January 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived.
- **2002-01-18** 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`
- **2002-01-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-07** From printer. May be heard in committee April 6.
- **2001-03-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f856fcb8-2f2c-49c0-bde1-6605f5b54240`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).