CA AB 1525
enactedAttorneys: discipline: sensitive services.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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. This bill would provide that an excluded event shall not be grounds for disciplinary action or require an attorney or applicant to report the excluded event to the State Bar, supply evidence that an attorney is culpable of professional misconduct in this state, or serve as grounds to deny admission to the State Bar to an applicant. The bill would define "excluded event" to mean certain actions taken when based on the application of another state's law that interferes with any person's right to receive, provide, recommend, enable, or advocate for sensitive services, as defined, that would be lawful in this state.
- Introduced
- 2025-06-23
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2025-09-26 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 137, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciaryauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-18
Read first time. To print.
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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).
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2025-04-23
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-04-28
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1321.)
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2025-04-29
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-07
Referred to Com. on JUD.
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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.
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2025-07-09
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 8).
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2025-07-10
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-04
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-09
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2747.).
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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.).
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2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-09-26
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-09-26
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 137, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions
Documents
Votes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-04-22 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Kalra: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bryan: yes
AB 1525 Judiciary Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-04-28 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ward: yes
- Patel: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Addis: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ta: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Fong: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Davies: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Solache: yes
- Soria: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Lee: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bains: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Berman: yes
- Chen: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Sanchez: other
- Krell: other
- Flora: other
Do pass
2025-07-08 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (13)
- Arreguín: yes
- Allen: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Niello: no
- Valladares: other
3rd Reading AB1525 JUD. (Kalra) By Reyes
2025-09-09 · pass · 30-10
Member-level votes (40)
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Becker: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Limón: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Niello: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Dahle: no
- Grove: no
- Jones: no
- Valladares: no
- Seyarto: no
- Strickland: no
- Choi: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
AB 1525 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By KALRA
2025-09-11 · pass · 62-15
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
- Hadwick: no
- Macedo: no
- Alanis: no
- Gallagher: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Chen: no
- Castillo: no
- Ellis: no
- Davies: no
- DeMaio: no
- Tangipa: other
- Lackey: other
- Flora: other
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