Funds for the provision of legal services to indigent persons: disabled veterans.
Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. Existing law requires an attorney or law firm receiving or disbursing trust funds to establish and maintain an Interest On Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA) account in which the attorney or law firm is required to deposit or invest all specified client deposits or funds. Existing law directs IOLTA account interest and dividends to be paid to the State Bar of California to be distributed for the provision of civil legal services to indigent persons in a prescribed order, including, after payment of administrative costs, 85% of remaining funds to qualified legal services projects.
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20212022
SB 498
California SB 498 (20212022)
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Funds for the provision of legal services to indigent persons: disabled veterans.
California SB 498 (20212022) — Funds for the provision of legal services to indigent persons: disabled veterans.
Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. Existing law requires an attorney or law firm receiving or disbursing trust funds to establish and maintain an Interest On Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA) account in which the attorney or law firm is required to deposit or invest all specified client deposits or funds. Existing law directs IOLTA account interest and dividends to be paid to the State Bar of California to be distributed for the provision of civil legal services to indigent persons in a prescribed order, including, after payment of administrative costs, 85% of remaining funds to qualified legal services projects.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-02-25 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and M. & V.A. referral-committee
2021-03-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-03-16 Set for hearing March 23.
2021-03-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 591.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-06 Set for hearing April 14.
2021-04-14 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 796.) (April 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-15 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 886.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-04-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-13 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and M. & V.A. referral-committee
2021-06-01 June 8 hearing postponed by committee.
2021-06-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-07-08 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-07-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2373.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-07-15 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-08-17 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2021-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2241.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2021-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 688, Statutes of 2021. became-law
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e2394cb-b483-44fb-a070-71403650a927. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).