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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Bar: admission: license: moral character review: mental health medical records."
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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 governed by a board of trustees. Existing law provides for the creation of an examining committee within the State Bar with specified powers, which include the power to examine applicants for admission to practice law. The act imposes specified requirements for a person to be certified to the Supreme Court for admission and a license to practice law, including a requirement that an applicant be of good moral character."
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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: "SB 544"
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citation: "California SB 544 (20192020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["State Bar: admission: license: moral character review: mental health medical records."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2019-02-22"
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last_action: "2019-07-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca970df2-ac85-4b32-a539-ccf6c5f9d052"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB544"
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source_hash: "eea051cd79faef9303b7b5358df5e0d309421228067468039414d7b337fca3a6"
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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 SB 544 (20192020) — State Bar: admission: license: moral character review: mental health medical records.
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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 governed by a board of trustees. Existing law provides for the creation of an examining committee within the State Bar with specified powers, which include the power to examine applicants for admission to practice law. The act imposes specified requirements for a person to be certified to the Supreme Court for admission and a license to practice law, including a requirement that an applicant be of good moral character.
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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. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB544&version=20190SB54499INT)
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2. **03/27/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB544&version=20190SB54498AMD)
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3. **04/22/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB544&version=20190SB54497AMD)
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4. **06/05/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB544&version=20190SB54496AMD)
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5. **07/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB544&version=20190SB54494CHP)
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6. **SB544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB544)
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7. **07/15/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB544&version=20190SB54495ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB544 Umberg Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 544 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Wicks — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Umberg — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2019-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
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- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-07** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-05** Set for hearing April 30.
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- **2019-04-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 906.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1009.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2019-05-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-06-04** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2019-06-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-06-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2019-07-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2569.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
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- **2019-07-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2019-07-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2058.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-07-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2019-07-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 152, 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/ca970df2-ac85-4b32-a539-ccf6c5f9d052`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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