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CA AB 484

enacted

California bar examination.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 484 pass?

Yes. CA AB 484 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 155, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 484 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. This bill would require the Committee of Bar Examiners 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. The bill would repeal those provisions on January 1, 2030.

Who sponsors CA AB 484?

Dixon is the primary sponsor of CA AB 484.

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. This bill would require the Committee of Bar Examiners 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. The bill would repeal those provisions on January 1, 2030.

Introduced
2025-03-20
Latest action
2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 155, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Dixonauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-10

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-11

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-13

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  5. 2025-03-20

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

    amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  6. 2025-03-24

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-04-01

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

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  8. 2025-04-02

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  9. 2025-04-08

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8).

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  10. 2025-04-09

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  11. 2025-04-21

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1176.)

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  12. 2025-04-21

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  13. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  14. 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.

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  15. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1).

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  16. 2025-07-03

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  17. 2025-07-10

    From Consent Calendar.

  18. 2025-07-10

    Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-09-11

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2883.).

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  20. 2025-09-12

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  21. 2025-09-13

    Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)

  22. 2025-09-13

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3502.).

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  23. 2025-09-24

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  24. 2025-10-01

    Approved by the Governor.

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  25. 2025-10-01

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 155, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/10/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-10Compare
  • 03/20/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-20Compare
  • 04/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-01Compare
  • 06/19/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-19Compare
  • 07/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-03Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
  • AB484Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-04-08 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Stefani: yes

  • AB 484 Dixon Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-04-21 · pass · 73-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: other
    • Schultz: other
    • Papan: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Ramos: other

  • Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

    2025-07-01 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Niello: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes

  • 3rd Reading AB484 Dixon By Umberg

    2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Valladares: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes

  • AB 484 Dixon Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-13 · pass · 73-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: 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
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Jackson: other
    • Kalra: other
    • Elhawary: other
    • Lee: other
    • McKinnor: other
    • Garcia: other
    • Ta: other

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB484

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