CA SB 47

enacted

February 2025 bar exam: audit.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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 sets forth the requirements for a license to practice law in California, including passing the general bar examination. The act requires the board of trustees to contract with the California State Auditor every 2 years to conduct a performance audit of the State Bar's operations. This bill would require the California State Auditor to conduct an audit of the February 2025 bar exam, as specified, and to submit the audit as soon as possible to the board of trustees, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Judiciary. The bill would require the State Bar to provide the California State Auditor with the funding necessary to cover the costs of the audit. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced: 2024-12-12
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 209, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2024-12-12
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
introduction,referral-committee
2024-12-13
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 12.
2025-01-06
Read first time.
reading-1
2025-01-29
Referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2025-03-26
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
2025-04-02
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-04-04
Set for hearing May 6.
2025-04-24
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
2025-05-07
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1026.) (May 6).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-28
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1269.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-28
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2025-06-05
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-06-24
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-25
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-06-27
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2345.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-06-27
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
committee-passage
2025-06-30
Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
2025-06-30
Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-07-01
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2025-07-03
Action rescinded whereby bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
reading-1
2025-07-03
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-02
Read third time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-02
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-10
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3167.) Ordered to the Senate.
amendment-passage,passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-10
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-11
Urgency clause adopted.
amendment-passage,passage
2025-09-11
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2878.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 209, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

12/12/24 - Introduced — 2024-12-12Compare
03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
04/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-24Compare
09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
09/13/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-13Compare
10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
SB47Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass
2025-05-06 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Stern: yes
- Laird: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Valladares: other
3rd Reading
2025-05-28 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Laird: yes
- Limón: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Choi: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grove: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Reyes: other
- Cervantes: other
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Allen: yes
- Padilla: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-06-24 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (12)
- Tangipa: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Papan: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lee: yes
- Connolly: yes
SB 47 Umberg Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-06-27 · pass · 75-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Davies: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Berman: yes
- Papan: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Solache: yes
- Fong: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Rivas: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Krell: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Haney: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Ward: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Patel: yes
- Addis: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Soria: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ta: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Chen: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Hart: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: other
- Flora: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Pellerin: other
SB 47 Umberg Third Reading Urgency By Kalra
2025-09-10 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Tangipa: other
Unfinished Business SB47 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence
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

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