republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2958.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Bar of California."
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. Existing law creates within the State Bar a Governance in the Public Interest Task Force, which is required to prepare and submit a report every 3 years that includes recommendations for enhancing the protection of the public and ensuring that protection of the public is the highest priority in the licensing, regulation, and discipline of attorneys, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2958"
citation: "California AB 2958 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Bar of California."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-03-08"
last_action: "2022-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93ce91c5-83a2-45f7-b837-0459d54d29c5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2958"
source_hash: "9ef20f4d0e1428905dc2dbb2e94aa3dc0be11812d8ce3c12b283f5186e66d755"
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 AB 2958 (20212022) — State Bar of California.

(1) Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. Existing law creates within the State Bar a Governance in the Public Interest Task Force, which is required to prepare and submit a report every 3 years that includes recommendations for enhancing the protection of the public and ensuring that protection of the public is the highest priority in the licensing, regulation, and discipline of attorneys, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/08/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2958&version=20210AB295899INT)
2. **04/28/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2958&version=20210AB295898AMD)
3. **05/04/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2958&version=20210AB295897AMD)
4. **06/15/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2958&version=20210AB295896AMD)
5. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2958&version=20210AB295895AMD)
6. **09/18/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2958&version=20210AB295893CHP)
7. **AB2958** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2958)
8. **08/24/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2958&version=20210AB295894ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2958 JUD. (Stone) By Umberg Urgency Clause — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2958 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day By STONE — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2958 JUD. Concurrence - Urgency Added By STONE — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** From printer. May be heard in committee April 8.
- **2022-03-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 3). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-05-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4657.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-25** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-11** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 4877.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-22** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5981.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-29** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 419, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93ce91c5-83a2-45f7-b837-0459d54d29c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).