---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorneys: annual membership fees."
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 of trustees. Existing law, until January 1, 2013, requires the board to charge an annual membership fee for active members of up to $315 for 2012 minus a specified $10 rebate. Existing law also requires the board to charge an annual membership fee for inactive members of up to $75 minus a specified $10 rebate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2685"
citation: "California AB 2685 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorneys: annual membership fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2012-03-12"
last_action: "2012-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7052556c-b36d-4472-a6b9-6d68f8a8ad51"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2685"
source_hash: "7e973177fbc58165464e432735b7af9076c8a6bd2001647d20a9fc34c7d021c5"
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 2685 (20112012) — Attorneys: annual membership fees.

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 of trustees. Existing law, until January 1, 2013, requires the board to charge an annual membership fee for active members of up to $315 for 2012 minus a specified $10 rebate. Existing law also requires the board to charge an annual membership fee for inactive members of up to $75 minus a specified $10 rebate.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/12/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2685&version=20110AB268599INT)
2. **09/17/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2685&version=20110AB268597CHP)
3. **AB2685** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2685)
4. **09/07/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2685&version=20110AB268598ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2685 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By FEUER — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2685 Committee on JUD. — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-03-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-13** From printer. May be heard in committee April 12.
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4782.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4444.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-09** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-13** Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
- **2012-08-13** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2012-08-14** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2012-08-27** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 348, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7052556c-b36d-4472-a6b9-6d68f8a8ad51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).