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Bill State Bar of California: Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts: escheated funds: Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Program. Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. Existing law requires an attorney or law firm that receives or disburses trust funds to establish an interest-bearing demand trust account and to deposit in the account all client deposits that are nominal in amount or are on deposit for a short period of time. Existing law creates the Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Program, which is administered by the Student Aid Commission, to provide loan repayment assistance for licensed attorneys who practice or agree to practice in public interest areas of the law in California. us/states/ca California Legislature 20152016 SB 134 California SB 134 (20152016)
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California SB 134 (20152016) — State Bar of California: Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts: escheated funds: Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Program.

Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. Existing law requires an attorney or law firm that receives or disburses trust funds to establish an interest-bearing demand trust account and to deposit in the account all client deposits that are nominal in amount or are on deposit for a short period of time. Existing law creates the Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Program, which is administered by the Student Aid Commission, to provide loan repayment assistance for licensed attorneys who practice or agree to practice in public interest areas of the law in California.

Version chain

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

  1. 01/22/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 05/13/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 06/02/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 06/24/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/19/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/03/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  7. 10/04/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  8. SB134 (committee substitute) — source
  9. 09/10/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 170 (pass) · lower
  • SB 134 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — 6513 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 91 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Unfinished Business SB134 Hertzberg Concurrence — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Hertzberg — primary (person)
  • Alejo — principal coauthor (person)
  • Allen — coauthor (person)
  • Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
  • Jackson — coauthor (person)
  • Leno — coauthor (person)
  • Pavley — coauthor (person)
  • Santiago — coauthor (person)
  • Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2015-01-22 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2015-01-23 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 22.
  • 2015-02-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2015-04-24 Set for hearing May 5.
  • 2015-05-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 921.) (May 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2015-05-13 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-05-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
  • 2015-05-19 Set for hearing May 26.
  • 2015-05-22 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
  • 2015-05-26 May 26 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  • 2015-05-27 Set for hearing May 28.
  • 2015-06-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1147.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2015-06-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-06-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1293.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2015-06-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2015-06-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
  • 2015-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2015-08-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
  • 2015-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2015-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-09-03 Read third time and amended. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
  • 2015-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2015-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 13. Page 2950.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2015-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2015-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2661.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2015-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:45 p.m.
  • 2015-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2015-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 488, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d77ba09-0bbe-4882-ada5-d1bfc829fae4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).