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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Bar Act: consumer legal funding."
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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, a public corporation. The act prohibits an attorney from accepting a client from a referral service, unless it is a certified lawyer referral service or specified conditions are met, and makes a violation of that prohibition subject to a civil penalty. The act additionally imposes various restrictions on contracts for legal services and specified fee agreements, including that the contract or agreement be in writing and that the basis of compensation is expressly included."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 931"
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citation: "California AB 931 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["StateBarAct", "consumerlegalfunding"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-02-19"
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last_action: "2025-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d37deaab-5788-4bd1-b045-2e18bc4827b7"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB931"
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source_hash: "273c8c08cf9254397ad1729780c5fd35856ad08b0e1063917000e50ab7f5e692"
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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 931 (20252026) — State Bar Act: consumer legal funding.
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Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. The act prohibits an attorney from accepting a client from a referral service, unless it is a certified lawyer referral service or specified conditions are met, and makes a violation of that prohibition subject to a civil penalty. The act additionally imposes various restrictions on contracts for legal services and specified fee agreements, including that the contract or agreement be in writing and that the basis of compensation is expressly included.
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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. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB931&version=20250AB93199INT)
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2. **03/26/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB931&version=20250AB93198AMD)
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3. **04/09/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB931&version=20250AB93197AMD)
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4. **06/12/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB931&version=20250AB93196AMD)
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5. **06/17/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB931&version=20250AB93195AMD)
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6. **06/19/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB931&version=20250AB93194AMD)
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7. **07/03/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB931&version=20250AB93193AMD)
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8. **08/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB931&version=20250AB93192AMD)
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9. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB931&version=20250AB93190CHP)
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10. **AB931** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB931)
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11. **09/10/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB931&version=20250AB93191ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 931 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — **59–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 931 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–16** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB931 Kalra By Umberg — **29–10** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **11–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kalra — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2025-03-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** 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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- **2025-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 0. Page 1173.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-12** 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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- **2025-06-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2025-06-17** 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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- **2025-06-19** 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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- **2025-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2025-07-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2515.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-04** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 3034.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 565, Statutes of 2025. `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/d37deaab-5788-4bd1-b045-2e18bc4827b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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