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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Bar of California: service members: legal services."
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description: "The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation, and requires that the State Bar administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, as specified. Existing law also requires the State Bar to engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, and volunteer attorneys in providing these services."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20192020"
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identifier: "AB 558"
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citation: "California AB 558 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["State Bar of California: service members: legal services."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Petrie-Norris"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-02-13"
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last_action: "2019-09-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0d88c2a-c2f9-43d6-a433-207fb4be06e7"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB558"
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source_hash: "5795210c4b20fc06e09690b700ccd18ae7343a89743d43d3133e9b6b89a3065e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 558 (20192020) — State Bar of California: service members: legal services.
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The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation, and requires that the State Bar administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, as specified. Existing law also requires the State Bar to engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, and volunteer attorneys in providing these services.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/13/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB558&version=20190AB55899INT)
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2. **03/27/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB558&version=20190AB55898AMD)
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3. **06/27/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB558&version=20190AB55897AMD)
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4. **09/20/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB558&version=20190AB55895CHP)
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5. **AB558** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB558)
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6. **08/27/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB558&version=20190AB55896ENR)
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## Votes
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- Special Consent AB558 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 558 Petrie-Norris Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 558 Petrie-Norris Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Petrie-Norris — primary (person)
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- Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
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- Gloria — coauthor (person)
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- Salas — coauthor (person)
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- Voepel — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
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- **2019-02-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-03-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-03-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-04-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1040.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2019-04-24** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and V.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
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- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-07-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-07-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-08-19** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2019-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2244.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2019-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2835.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2019-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 303, Statutes of 2019.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0d88c2a-c2f9-43d6-a433-207fb4be06e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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