republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-36.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorneys: State Bar: Sections of the State Bar."
description: "(1) The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation governed by a board of trustees comprised of appointed and elected members. The act requires 6 members of the 19-member board to be attorneys elected from State Bar Districts. The act requires the board of trustees to elect or select the president, vice president, and treasurer of the State Bar, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "California SB 36 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorneys: State Bar: Sections of the State Bar."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/930fd783-3afe-420c-b6e2-f68b8bd14c48"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB36"
source_hash: "26f28d4ae92327cb508a0fd70d93dae5eb721782a22bcb1d9222b5ff7aadeb37"
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 SB 36 (20172018) — Attorneys: State Bar: Sections of the State Bar.

(1) The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation governed by a board of trustees comprised of appointed and elected members. The act requires 6 members of the 19-member board to be attorneys elected from State Bar Districts. The act requires the board of trustees to elect or select the president, vice president, and treasurer of the State Bar, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/05/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB36&version=20170SB3699INT)
2. **04/06/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB36&version=20170SB3698AMD)
3. **07/20/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB36&version=20170SB3697AMD)
4. **08/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB36&version=20170SB3696AMD)
5. **10/02/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB36&version=20170SB3694CHP)
6. **SB36** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB36)
7. **09/14/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB36&version=20170SB3695ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB36 Jackson Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 36 Jackson Senate Third Reading By STONE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-13** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2017-04-27** May 2 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-05-01** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2017-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1020.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1071.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-19** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-28** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-08-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-01** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2777.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 422, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/930fd783-3afe-420c-b6e2-f68b8bd14c48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).