CA AB 484
enactedCalifornia bar examination.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 484 pass?
Yes. CA AB 484 has been enacted into law. 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
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Action timeline
Newest first
2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 155, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-13
Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
2025-09-13
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3502.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-12
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-11
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2883.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-07-10
From Consent Calendar.
2025-07-10
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2025-07-03
Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-07-02
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
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,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-05-07
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-04-21
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-04-21
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1176.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-04-09
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-04-08
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-02
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-04-01
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
2025-03-24
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
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
2025-03-13
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-03-03
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-02-11
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2025-02-10
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
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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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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