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---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Bar of California."
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. Under existing law, the officers of the State Bar are a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary. Existing law requires the chair to preside at all meetings of the State Bar and of the board, and requires the vice chair to preside at those meetings in the event of the chair's absence or inability to act. Existing law authorizes the board to prescribe additional duties of the chair and the vice chair and to prescribe the duties of the secretary. Existing law sets the length of the terms of the chair and the vice chair at one year, and requires them to assume the duties of their office at the conclusion of the annual meeting following their appointment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "California SB 40 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Bar of California"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-12-05"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac0c0de7-7e7f-4ed5-8632-dcf803dddabd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB40"
source_hash: "6852ca9a2a1539f50bf5e8334ec43f77251217cdbf910ede706b81a27f32640d"
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 SB 40 (20232024) — State Bar of California.
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. Under existing law, the officers of the State Bar are a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary. Existing law requires the chair to preside at all meetings of the State Bar and of the board, and requires the vice chair to preside at those meetings in the event of the chair's absence or inability to act. Existing law authorizes the board to prescribe additional duties of the chair and the vice chair and to prescribe the duties of the secretary. Existing law sets the length of the terms of the chair and the vice chair at one year, and requires them to assume the duties of their office at the conclusion of the annual meeting following their appointment.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **12/05/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB40&version=20230SB4099INT)
2. **03/21/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB40&version=20230SB4098AMD)
3. **06/22/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB40&version=20230SB4097AMD)
4. **07/03/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB40&version=20230SB4096AMD)
5. **07/12/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB40&version=20230SB4095AMD)
6. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB40&version=20230SB4094AMD)
7. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB40&version=20230SB4092CHP)
8. **SB40** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB40)
9. **09/15/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB40&version=20230SB4093ENR)
## Votes
- SB 40 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Maienschein — **60–14** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB40 Umberg Concurrence — **31–8** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Umberg — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2023-05-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 1011.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1053.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-07-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-07-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 3249.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2735.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 697, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac0c0de7-7e7f-4ed5-8632-dcf803dddabd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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