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Bill	State Bar of California.	Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California (State Bar) , a public corporation governed by a board of trustees. Existing law prescribes the manner of appointment of members of the board by the Supreme Court, the Senate Committee on Rules, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Governor. Existing law establishes 4-year terms of office for attorney and public members of the board, and authorizes attorney members to be appointed for only one additional term.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 3279	California AB 3279 (20232024)	bill	State Bar of California	enacted	Committee on Judiciary	7	21	5	2024-02-29	2024-09-12	openstates	ocd-bill/d6e3ed94-7150-46f4-937f-3d879765fe19	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3279	870d2b2c3bb2ca0f229355f119da2af9cdb92dd06e14134c3c51a769b6b9a20c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3279 (20232024) — State Bar of California.

Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California (State Bar) , a public corporation governed by a board of trustees. Existing law prescribes the manner of appointment of members of the board by the Supreme Court, the Senate Committee on Rules, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Governor. Existing law establishes 4-year terms of office for attorney and public members of the board, and authorizes attorney members to be appointed for only one additional term.

Version chain

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

1. 02/29/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/02/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/05/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/21/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/12/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB3279 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/29/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 7–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 3279 Judiciary Assembly Third Reading By KALRA — 55–14 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB3279 JUD. (Kalra) By Umberg — 33–6 (pass) · upper
• AB 3279 Judiciary Concurrence in Senate Amendments By KALRA — 56–14 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-29 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2024-03-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 30). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2024-05-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 14. Page 5314.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-06-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-21 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 6.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 14.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 227, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6e3ed94-7150-46f4-937f-3d879765fe19. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).