CA SB 47
enactedFebruary 2025 bar exam: audit.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 47 pass?
Yes. CA SB 47 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 209, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 47 about?
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.
Who sponsors CA SB 47?
Umberg is the primary sponsor of CA SB 47, joined by 1 cosponsor.
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
- Latest action
- 2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 209, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Umbergauthor
- Pachecoprincipal coauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 209, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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2025-09-11
Urgency clause adopted.
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2025-09-11
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2878.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-10
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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
2025-09-02
Read third time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-02
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-07-03
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-07-03
Action rescinded whereby bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
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2025-07-01
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2025-06-30
Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-06-30
Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
2025-06-27
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
committee-passage
2025-06-27
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2345.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-06-25
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
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2025-06-24
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24).
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2025-06-05
Referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-05-28
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-05-28
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1269.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-07
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1026.) (May 6).
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2025-04-24
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2025-04-04
Set for hearing May 6.
2025-04-02
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2025-03-26
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-01-29
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2025-01-06
Read first time.
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2024-12-13
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 12.
2024-12-12
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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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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