republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-1476.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: State Bar of California."
description: "Under existing law, unless expressly provided by law, the State Bar of California is not subject to various state laws prescribing the mode of procedure for exercising the powers of state public bodies or state agencies, as specified. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, defines \"public official\" broadly, but it expressly excludes specified persons, including those affiliated with the State Bar of California, from that definition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1476"
citation: "California SB 1476 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974", "State Bar of California"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blakespear"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1299753-5ad3-4209-97a6-c8276cc43be9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1476"
source_hash: "bb7f62d9696730ac097043e3e95a65ed1b27e869ef534e0cd68a25fc45161ddd"
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 1476 (20232024) — Political Reform Act of 1974: State Bar of California.

Under existing law, unless expressly provided by law, the State Bar of California is not subject to various state laws prescribing the mode of procedure for exercising the powers of state public bodies or state agencies, as specified. Existing law, the Political Reform Act of 1974, defines "public official" broadly, but it expressly excludes specified persons, including those affiliated with the State Bar of California, from that definition.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1476&version=20230SB147699INT)
2. **04/15/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1476&version=20230SB147698AMD)
3. **06/04/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1476&version=20230SB147697AMD)
4. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1476&version=20230SB147695CHP)
5. **SB1476** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1476)
6. **08/16/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1476&version=20230SB147696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1476 Blakespear Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB1476 Blakespear et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB1476 Blakespear et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blakespear — primary (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2024-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3445.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2024-04-15** 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`
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3727.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2024-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3874.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-20** Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** June 26 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6251.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-13** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2024-08-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5083.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 489, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1299753-5ad3-4209-97a6-c8276cc43be9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).