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. Under existing law, the officers of the State Bar are a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary. Existing law requires the chair to preside at all meetings of the State Bar and of the board, and requires the vice chair to preside at those meetings in the event of the chair's absence or inability to act. Existing law authorizes the board to prescribe additional duties of the chair and the vice chair and to prescribe the duties of the secretary. Existing law sets the length of the terms of the chair and the vice chair at one year, and requires them to assume the duties of their office at the conclusion of the annual meeting following their appointment.
California SB 40 (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. Under existing law, the officers of the State Bar are a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary. Existing law requires the chair to preside at all meetings of the State Bar and of the board, and requires the vice chair to preside at those meetings in the event of the chair's absence or inability to act. Existing law authorizes the board to prescribe additional duties of the chair and the vice chair and to prescribe the duties of the secretary. Existing law sets the length of the terms of the chair and the vice chair at one year, and requires them to assume the duties of their office at the conclusion of the annual meeting following their appointment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 40 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Maienschein — 60–14 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 8–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB40 Umberg Concurrence — 31–8 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Umberg — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-12-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-12-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
2023-01-18 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2023-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2023-04-12 Set for hearing May 2.
2023-05-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 1011.) (May 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1053.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-11 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-05-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2023-06-22 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
2023-07-03 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
2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-07-12 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-07-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 3249.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2735.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 697, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ac0c0de7-7e7f-4ed5-8632-dcf803dddabd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).