republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-690.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Bar of California: disclosures."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 690"
citation: "California SB 690 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Bar of California: disclosures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21605b3c-adc4-4f77-9f22-f06c6c59b713"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB690"
source_hash: "dc2f53ab05152350bf0fd04a51840d3738fca13743b86f927a6e318b03c55957"
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 690 (20172018) — State Bar of California: disclosures.

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.

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB690&version=20170SB69099INT)
2. **03/27/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB690&version=20170SB69098AMD)
3. **05/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB690&version=20170SB69097AMD)
4. **05/16/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB690&version=20170SB69096AMD)
5. **07/20/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB690&version=20170SB69095AMD)
6. **10/02/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB690&version=20170SB69093CHP)
7. **SB690** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB690)
8. **09/08/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB690&version=20170SB69094ENR)

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21605b3c-adc4-4f77-9f22-f06c6c59b713`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).