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type: "Bill"
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title: "State government."
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description: "(1) 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, composed as prescribed, including a maximum of 6 public members who have never been licensees of the State Bar or admitted to practice before any court in the United States. Existing law subjects these public members to specified conflict-of-interest provisions, including prohibiting a public member from having, currently or within the 5 years immediately preceding their appointment, a prescribed relationship as or with an employer of a licensee of the board or a prescribed contractual relationship with a licensee of the board."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 156"
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citation: "California AB 156 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["State government."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-01-08"
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last_action: "2022-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d4527e6-033c-4c10-a9f3-9ced6a664f0c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB156"
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source_hash: "64a40a59079beac85c9c6fb0784f0c21d3b15644f4affb35cdaa16316ac5b4f8"
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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 156 (20212022) — State government.
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(1) 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, composed as prescribed, including a maximum of 6 public members who have never been licensees of the State Bar or admitted to practice before any court in the United States. Existing law subjects these public members to specified conflict-of-interest provisions, including prohibiting a public member from having, currently or within the 5 years immediately preceding their appointment, a prescribed relationship as or with an employer of a licensee of the board or a prescribed contractual relationship with a licensee of the board.
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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. **01/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB156&version=20210AB15699INT)
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2. **02/16/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB156&version=20210AB15696AMD)
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3. **02/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB156&version=20210AB15698AMD)
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4. **07/11/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB156&version=20210AB15697AMD)
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5. **08/27/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB156&version=20210AB15695AMD)
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6. **09/27/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB156&version=20210AB15693CHP)
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7. **AB156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB156)
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8. **08/31/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB156&version=20210AB15694ENR)
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## Votes
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- 2nd Reading AB156 BUDGET (Ting) By Skinner — **31–3** (pass) · upper
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- AB 156 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **56–18** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 156 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **64–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Budget — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-08** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2021-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
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- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-02-22** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 432.)
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- **2021-02-22** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2021-02-22** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2021-02-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-02-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 489.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 1627.)
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- **2021-06-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 1658.)
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- **2021-07-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-07-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-07-15** Senate Rule 29 suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 1962.)
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- **2021-08-16** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2022-08-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2022-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-30** Senate rules suspended. (Ayes 31. Noes 9.).
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- **2022-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 8.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 p.m.
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- **2022-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 569, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
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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/6d4527e6-033c-4c10-a9f3-9ced6a664f0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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