State Bar of California: service members: legal services.
The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation, and requires that the State Bar administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, as specified. Existing law also requires the State Bar to engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, and volunteer attorneys in providing these services.
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California Legislature
20192020
AB 558
California AB 558 (20192020)
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State Bar of California: service members: legal services.
California AB 558 (20192020) — State Bar of California: service members: legal services.
The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation, and requires that the State Bar administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, as specified. Existing law also requires the State Bar to engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, and volunteer attorneys in providing these services.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
AB 558 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
AB 558 Petrie-Norris Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Petrie-Norris — primary (person)
Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
Gloria — coauthor (person)
Salas — coauthor (person)
Voepel — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2019-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2019-02-25 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2019-03-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-03-27 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-03-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1040.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-04-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-04-24 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and V.A. referral-committee
2019-06-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
2019-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-07-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-19 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2019-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2244.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2019-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2835.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 303, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c0d88c2a-c2f9-43d6-a433-207fb4be06e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).