republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-1525.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorneys: discipline: sensitive services."
description: "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 for the investigation and discipline of members of the State Bar and authorizes the Supreme Court to suspend or disbar an attorney for specified causes, including for a conviction under the laws of another state or territory of the United States that is deemed a felony. Existing law provides that specified evidence that a licensee of the State Bar committed professional misconduct in another jurisdiction is conclusive evidence that the licensee is culpable of professional misconduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1525"
citation: "California AB 1525 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorneys", "discipline", "sensitiveservices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-18"
last_action: "2025-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ae733a0-28ce-4466-9a33-4d2e50bade86"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1525"
source_hash: "42159fc6c35e3d6bcc2ffdc50e8e50190a5a723a217da44491a11501f76962f2"
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 1525 (20252026) — Attorneys: discipline: sensitive services.

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 for the investigation and discipline of members of the State Bar and authorizes the Supreme Court to suspend or disbar an attorney for specified causes, including for a conviction under the laws of another state or territory of the United States that is deemed a felony. Existing law provides that specified evidence that a licensee of the State Bar committed professional misconduct in another jurisdiction is conclusive evidence that the licensee is culpable of professional misconduct.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/18/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1525&version=20250AB152599INT)
2. **06/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1525&version=20250AB152598AMD)
3. **09/04/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1525&version=20250AB152597AMD)
4. **09/26/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1525&version=20250AB152595CHP)
5. **AB1525** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1525)
6. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1525&version=20250AB152596ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1525 Judiciary Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **11–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1525 JUD. (Kalra) By Reyes — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1525 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By KALRA — **62–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19** From printer. May be heard in committee April 18.
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1321.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23** 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`
- **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2747.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 3209.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 137, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ae733a0-28ce-4466-9a33-4d2e50bade86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).