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type: "Bill"
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title: "Attorneys: pro bono legal services."
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description: "Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California (State Bar) , a public corporation governed by a board of trustees. The act provides that it has been the tradition of those learned in the law and licensed to practice law in this state to provide voluntary pro bono legal services to those who cannot afford the help of a lawyer and further provides that every lawyer authorized and privileged to practice law in California is expected to make a contribution, whether by directly providing pro bono legal services or, if that is not feasible, by providing financial support to organizations providing free legal services to persons of limited means, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 2505"
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citation: "California AB 2505 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Attorneys", "pro bono legal services"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gabriel"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-02-13"
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last_action: "2024-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6c2a7e7-6edc-4ca6-8553-bf7877d8b072"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2505"
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source_hash: "5e040608e8011dc661afa8703571b7d2867947e0e552a749821115445d5c8790"
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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 2505 (20232024) — Attorneys: pro bono legal services.
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Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California (State Bar) , a public corporation governed by a board of trustees. The act provides that it has been the tradition of those learned in the law and licensed to practice law in this state to provide voluntary pro bono legal services to those who cannot afford the help of a lawyer and further provides that every lawyer authorized and privileged to practice law in California is expected to make a contribution, whether by directly providing pro bono legal services or, if that is not feasible, by providing financial support to organizations providing free legal services to persons of limited means, as specified.
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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. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2505&version=20230AB250599INT)
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2. **03/18/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2505&version=20230AB250598AMD)
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3. **04/03/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2505&version=20230AB250597AMD)
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4. **05/30/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2505&version=20230AB250596AMD)
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5. **06/13/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2505&version=20230AB250595AMD)
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6. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2505&version=20230AB250593CHP)
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7. **AB2505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2505)
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8. **08/28/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2505&version=20230AB250594ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 2505 Gabriel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **64–8** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **10–1** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB2505 Gabriel By Umberg — **31–9** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2505 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading — **62–4** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **9–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gabriel — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
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- **2024-03-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-18** 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`
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- **2024-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 2). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2024-04-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 4. Page 5182.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-05-22** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-30** 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`
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- **2024-06-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2024-06-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 5225.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2024-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 8. Page 6559.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 719, Statutes of 2024. `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/e6c2a7e7-6edc-4ca6-8553-bf7877d8b072`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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