CA SB 1129
enactedState Bar of California: community justice worker program.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 1129 pass?
Yes. CA SB 1129 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 678, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 1129 about?
The State Bar Act establishes the State Bar of California (State Bar) as a public corporation and assigns to the State Bar various duties with respect to the licensing and regulations of attorneys in the state. The Supreme Court of California issued an administrative order on June 17, 2026, directing the State Bar to circulate for public comment a proposed rule of court that, if adopted, would establish a community justice worker program, as specified. This bill would require the State Bar, after it solicits public comment on the proposed rule, at the time it resubmits the proposal to the Supreme Court of California, to transmit to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Judiciary a report specifying any statutory changes the State Bar believes are necessary to implement the community justice worker program. The bill would repeal those provisions on January 1, 2031.
Who sponsors CA SB 1129?
Caballero is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1129.
Description
The State Bar Act establishes the State Bar of California (State Bar) as a public corporation and assigns to the State Bar various duties with respect to the licensing and regulations of attorneys in the state. The Supreme Court of California issued an administrative order on June 17, 2026, directing the State Bar to circulate for public comment a proposed rule of court that, if adopted, would establish a community justice worker program, as specified. This bill would require the State Bar, after it solicits public comment on the proposed rule, at the time it resubmits the proposal to the Supreme Court of California, to transmit to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Judiciary a report specifying any statutory changes the State Bar believes are necessary to implement the community justice worker program. The bill would repeal those provisions on January 1, 2031.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-17
- Latest action
- 2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 678, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Caballeroauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 678, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-27
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-21
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-17
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-17
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5486.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-06
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-06
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-06
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6085.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-07-02
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-07-01
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 30).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-23
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-05-11
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2026-04-23
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2026-04-23
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4033.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-04-16
Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3868.) (April 14).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-09
Set for hearing April 14.
2026-04-08
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2026-03-23
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-26
Referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2026-02-18
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
2026-02-17
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Votes
Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
2026-04-14 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Stern: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Valladares: other
Consent Calendar 2nd
2026-04-23 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Wiener: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Choi: yes
- Jones: yes
- Niello: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Limón: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Grove: yes
- Allen: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Stern: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Pérez: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wahab: other
- Reyes: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2026-06-30 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Bryan: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Papan: yes
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