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, and provides that the State Bar is subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act and the California Public Records Act, as specified. That act requires an applicant for admission to the State Bar to, among other things, take and pass the California bar examination. That act prohibits the State Bar from disclosing any identifying information submitted by an applicant for admission and provides that all such information is confidential.
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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, and provides that the State Bar is subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act and the California Public Records Act, as specified. That act requires an applicant for admission to the State Bar to, among other things, take and pass the California bar examination. That act prohibits the State Bar from disclosing any identifying information submitted by an applicant for admission and provides that all such information is confidential.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2017-03-09 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-03-21 Set for hearing April 4.
2017-03-27 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
2017-04-05 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 626.) (April 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-17 From consent calendar on motion of Senator Jackson.
2017-04-17 Ordered to third reading.
2017-05-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-05-03 Ordered to second reading.
2017-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-04 Published May 3 at 9 p.m.
2017-05-16 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-05-16 Ordered to second reading.
2017-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-17 Published May 16 at 9 p.m.
2017-05-30 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1252.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-12 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
2017-09-01 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-01 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-07 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2566.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-12 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 433, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21605b3c-adc4-4f77-9f22-f06c6c59b713. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).