CA AB 2109
Status unknownCalifornia bar examination.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2109 pass?
The current status of CA AB 2109 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-06-10): Referred to Com. on JUD.
What is CA AB 2109 about?
The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation governed by a board of trustees. Existing law authorizes the board of trustees to establish an examining committee, also known as the Committee of Bar Examiners, and requires an applicant for a license to practice law to pass the general bar examination, known as the California bar examination, given by the examining committee. Existing law prohibits the examining committee from altering the bar examination in a manner that requires the substantial modification of the training or preparation required for passage of the examination, except after giving 2 years' notice of that change. Existing law requires the Committee of Bar Examiners, on or before November 30, 2026, to provide a report to the board of trustees, the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, and to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Judiciary on whether adopting a uniform bar examination would be more efficient to administer and lower the cost of administration for the State Bar and examinees. This bill would require the examining committee, on January 1, 2029, to replace the California bar examination with the National Conference of Bar Examiners' Uniform Bar Examination or any successor or replacement of that exam.
Who sponsors CA AB 2109?
Dixon is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2109.
Description
The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation governed by a board of trustees. Existing law authorizes the board of trustees to establish an examining committee, also known as the Committee of Bar Examiners, and requires an applicant for a license to practice law to pass the general bar examination, known as the California bar examination, given by the examining committee. Existing law prohibits the examining committee from altering the bar examination in a manner that requires the substantial modification of the training or preparation required for passage of the examination, except after giving 2 years' notice of that change. Existing law requires the Committee of Bar Examiners, on or before November 30, 2026, to provide a report to the board of trustees, the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, and to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Judiciary on whether adopting a uniform bar examination would be more efficient to administer and lower the cost of administration for the State Bar and examinees. This bill would require the examining committee, on January 1, 2029, to replace the California bar examination with the National Conference of Bar Examiners' Uniform Bar Examination or any successor or replacement of that exam.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-17
- Latest action
- 2026-06-10 — Referred to Com. on JUD.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Dixonauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-10
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2026-05-28
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0.)
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2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5438.)
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2026-03-25
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-03-24
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 24).
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2026-03-18
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-03-17
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
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2026-03-02
Referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-02-19
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2026-02-18
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass.
2026-03-24 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Zbur: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Papan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Sanchez: yes
AB 2109 Dixon Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-27 · pass · 73-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Bennett: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Davies: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Papan: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ta: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bains: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ward: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Chen: yes
- Soria: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Haney: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Gallagher: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Krell: other
- Flora: other
- Lee: other
- Schultz: other
- Jackson: other
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