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Bill	February 2025 bar exam: audit.	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. The act sets forth the requirements for a license to practice law in California, including passing the general bar examination. The act requires the board of trustees to contract with the California State Auditor every 2 years to conduct a performance audit of the State Bar's operations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 47	California SB 47 (20252026)	bill	February2025barexam audit	enacted	Umberg	7	31	6	2024-12-12	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0bd1edf2-cf59-4720-b9e8-189a4679ec9c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB47	c94ee05fc46c93437426fb4fe771f586d7d55385c627ebf43f1d8fadd782e4c1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 47 (20252026) — February 2025 bar exam: audit.

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. The act sets forth the requirements for a license to practice law in California, including passing the general bar examination. The act requires the board of trustees to contract with the California State Auditor every 2 years to conduct a performance audit of the State Bar's operations.

Version chain

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

1. 12/12/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/24/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB47 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/13/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB47 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 47 Umberg Third Reading Urgency By Kalra — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 47 Umberg Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Umberg — primary (person)
• Pacheco — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-12-12 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2024-12-13 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 12.
• 2025-01-06 Read first time. reading-1
• 2025-01-29 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 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
• 2025-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 Set for hearing May 6.
• 2025-04-24 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
• 2025-05-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1026.) (May 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1269.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-24 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2345.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-27 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2025-06-30 Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
• 2025-06-30 Ordered to the Assembly.
• 2025-07-01 In Assembly. Held at Desk.
• 2025-07-03 Action rescinded whereby bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
• 2025-07-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-02 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-10 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3167.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-11 Urgency clause adopted.
• 2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2878.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 209, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0bd1edf2-cf59-4720-b9e8-189a4679ec9c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).