republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-176.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	State Bar of California.	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 protection of the public is the highest priority of the State Bar and the board of trustees in exercising their licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	SB 176	California SB 176 (20192020)	bill	State Bar of California.	enacted	Jackson	9	29	6	2019-01-28	2019-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/cd6138e1-f7f1-4aed-b6cb-be2c0d408547	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB176	4fcb5a08004cf242834cb0034f3fea67de63326083c8f918d5732fcd7ec54aeb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 176 (20192020) — State Bar of California.

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 protection of the public is the highest priority of the State Bar and the board of trustees in exercising their licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions.

Version chain

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

1. 01/28/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/27/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/22/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/10/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/09/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB176 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/13/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB176 Jackson Concurrence — 31–6 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 32–4 (pass) · upper
• SB 176 Jackson Senate Third Reading By Mark Stone — 50–9 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-29 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2019-03-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-04-05 Set for hearing April 30.
• 2019-04-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 905.) (April 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-06 From consent calendar on motion of Senator Jackson.
• 2019-05-06 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-05-22 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-22 Ordered to second reading.
• 2019-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 1333.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-07-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-07-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-14 August 14 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2019-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 9. Page 3348.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2019-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 2848.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2019-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 698, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd6138e1-f7f1-4aed-b6cb-be2c0d408547. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).