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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Bar of California."
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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. Existing law prescribes the manner of appointment of members of the board by the Supreme Court, the Senate Committee on Rules, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Governor. Existing law establishes 4-year terms of office for attorney and public members of the board, and authorizes attorney members to be appointed for only one additional term."
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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 3279"
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citation: "California AB 3279 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["State Bar of California"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2024-02-29"
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last_action: "2024-09-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6e3ed94-7150-46f4-937f-3d879765fe19"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3279"
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source_hash: "870d2b2c3bb2ca0f229355f119da2af9cdb92dd06e14134c3c51a769b6b9a20c"
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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 3279 (20232024) — State Bar of California.
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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. Existing law prescribes the manner of appointment of members of the board by the Supreme Court, the Senate Committee on Rules, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Governor. Existing law establishes 4-year terms of office for attorney and public members of the board, and authorizes attorney members to be appointed for only one additional term.
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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. **02/29/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3279&version=20230AB327999INT)
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2. **05/02/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3279&version=20230AB327998AMD)
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3. **06/05/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3279&version=20230AB327997AMD)
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4. **08/21/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3279&version=20230AB327996AMD)
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5. **09/12/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3279&version=20230AB327994CHP)
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6. **AB3279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3279)
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7. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3279&version=20230AB327995ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **7–3** (pass) · lower
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- AB 3279 Judiciary Assembly Third Reading By KALRA — **55–14** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB3279 JUD. (Kalra) By Umberg — **33–6** (pass) · upper
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- AB 3279 Judiciary Concurrence in Senate Amendments By KALRA — **56–14** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-29** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
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- **2024-03-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2024-05-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 14. Page 5314.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-06-05** 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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- **2024-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 6.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2024-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
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- **2024-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 14.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2024-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 227, 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/d6e3ed94-7150-46f4-937f-3d879765fe19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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