republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2746.md

---
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 authorizes the board, among other duties, to aid in all matters pertaining to the improvement of the administration of justice, including all matters that may advance the professional interests of the members of the State Bar. Existing law, until January 1, 2015, requires the board to charge an annual membership fee for active members of up to $315 for 2014. Existing law requires the board to charge an annual membership fee for inactive members of up to $75."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2746"
citation: "California AB 2746 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorneys: annual membership fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-03-04"
last_action: "2014-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33ee9ac5-7c4f-4bb2-badf-66928d8cd1a2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2746"
source_hash: "9d33d6adaeadd0a41ca28c46014c02785de2b9fbe34e7a923250e4e50a4ad540"
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 2746 (20132014) — 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 authorizes the board, among other duties, to aid in all matters pertaining to the improvement of the administration of justice, including all matters that may advance the professional interests of the members of the State Bar. Existing law, until January 1, 2015, requires the board to charge an annual membership fee for active members of up to $315 for 2014. Existing law requires the board to charge an annual membership fee for inactive members of up to $75.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/04/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2746&version=20130AB274699INT)
2. **05/12/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2746&version=20130AB274698AMD)
3. **06/18/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2746&version=20130AB274697AMD)
4. **07/01/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2746&version=20130AB274696AMD)
5. **08/22/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2746&version=20130AB274695AMD)
6. **09/18/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2746&version=20130AB274693CHP)
7. **AB2746** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2746)
8. **09/03/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2746&version=20130AB274694ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2746 JUD. Assembly Third Reading By WIECKOWSKI — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2746 Committee on JUD. (Wieckowski) By Jackson — **33–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 2746 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By WIECKOWSKI — **74–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-03-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** From printer. May be heard in committee April 4.
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-05-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4966.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 4864.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 21. Page 6571.)
- **2014-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 6591.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 429, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33ee9ac5-7c4f-4bb2-badf-66928d8cd1a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).