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type: "Bill"
title: "Attorneys: annual membership fees."
description: "Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. The State Bar is governed by a board of trustees. Existing law, until January 1, 2014, requires the board to charge an annual membership fee for active members of up to $315 for 2013. Existing law requires the board to charge an annual membership fee for inactive members of up to $75. Existing law requires the State Bar, until January 1, 2014, to allocate $20 of those fees to support nonprofit organizations that provide free legal services to persons of limited means, except to the extent that a member elects not to support those activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 345"
citation: "California SB 345 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorneys: annual membership fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7e1aeee-c154-4f4c-9107-7facffb64486"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB345"
source_hash: "7e638e1ed5e3e821b7340c6fe957283910aea36cfe8f9898beb694ee39fa5f9d"
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 345 (20132014) — Attorneys: annual membership fees.
Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. The State Bar is governed by a board of trustees. Existing law, until January 1, 2014, requires the board to charge an annual membership fee for active members of up to $315 for 2013. Existing law requires the board to charge an annual membership fee for inactive members of up to $75. Existing law requires the State Bar, until January 1, 2014, to allocate $20 of those fees to support nonprofit organizations that provide free legal services to persons of limited means, except to the extent that a member elects not to support those activities.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB345&version=20130SB34599INT)
2. **08/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB345&version=20130SB34598AMD)
3. **09/03/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB345&version=20130SB34597AMD)
4. **10/09/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB345&version=20130SB34595CHP)
5. **SB345** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB345)
6. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB345&version=20130SB34596ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended. — **161** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB345 Evans Concurrence — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **100** (pass) · lower
- SB 345 Evans Senate Third Reading By WIECKOWSKI — **721** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **60** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Evans — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-26** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2013-05-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 852.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 947.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-13** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-08-15** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 2550.)
- **2013-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 3222.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2422.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 681, Statutes of 2013.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7e1aeee-c154-4f4c-9107-7facffb64486`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).