California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: To Executive

SB 641 — The State Bar Act.

Last action — Stricken from Senate file.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. (1) Existing law requires the State Bar to comply with specified standards applicable to state agency contracts when awarding a contract for goods, services, or both, for an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000. This bill would require the State Bar to comply with those standards when awarding a contract for information technology goods, as defined, services, or both, only when the contract is for an aggregate amount in excess of $100,000. The bill would require the State Bar to report to the judiciary committees of the Legislature by April 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, on the impact of this change. The bill would also require the State Bar to have a preference for using in-house employees for information technology projects. (2) Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the State Bar to charge an annual membership fee to active members of up to $315 for the year 2009. This bill would require the board to fix the annual membership fee for active members for 2010 at a sum not to exceed $315. (3) Existing law also provides for the registration and regulation of law corporations, as defined. Existing law requires law corporations to apply to the State Bar for registration and to supply the State Bar with specified information. Existing law also requires law corporations to pay a registration fee and an annual renewal fee and specifies that all fees are paid into the treasury of the State Bar. This bill would require these fees to be used for regulatory and disciplinary purposes. (4) Existing law, the Uniform Partnership Act of 1994, provides for the registration and regulation of limited liability partnerships, including those partnerships providing legal services. The act requires, at the time of registration and at all times these partnerships transact intrastate business, that these partnerships provide specified security for claims arising out of the practice of law. The act also requires a limited liability partnership providing professional services in this state to comply with the administrative registration or filing requirements of that profession's respective regulatory entity. In this regard, the State Bar, pursuant to its Rules of the State Bar, requires those partnerships that provide legal services to register with the State Bar by submitting an initial application and thereafter to renew annually and to include the payment of a fee in each of these instances. This bill would require these fees to be used for regulatory and disciplinary purposes. The bill would also require applicants for registration with the State Bar to file a separate form stating that the limited liability partnership has complied with the security requirements for claims arising out of the practice of law.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Stricken from Senate file.

  2. In Senate. To unfinished business. (Veto)

  3. Vetoed by Governor.

  4. Enrolled. To Governor at 1 p.m.

  5. In Senate. To enrollment.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 2817.) To Senate.

  7. Read second time. To third reading.

  8. (Heard in committee on June 23.)

  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.)

  10. To Com. on JUD.

  11. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  12. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1013.) To Assembly.

  13. To Special Consent Calendar.

  14. Read second time. Amended. To third reading.

  15. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 875.)

  16. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  17. Set for hearing May 12.

  18. To Com. on JUD.

  19. Read first time.

  20. From print. May be acted upon on or after March 30.

  21. Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Corbett · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Corbett

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

SB 641 Corbett Senate Third Reading By FEUER

Passed 87 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 81103
Democratic 3000
Republican 3000
Total 87103
% of votes cast 96%1%0%3%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Cook — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Coto — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Conway — Not Voting
Portantino — Not Voting
Feuer — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Bass — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Silva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Tran — Yea
Villines — Yea
Adams — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Knight — Yea
Logue — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
De — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Evans — Yea
Leon — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Eng — Yea
Davis — Not Voting
Yamada — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1000
Unaffiliated 9000
Total 10000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Feuer — Yea
Knight — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Tran — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Silva — Yea
Evans — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Special Consent #6 SB641 Corbett

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36000
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Hancock — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Harman — Yea
Huff — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Romero — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Yee — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 5 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5000
Total 5000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (5)
Member Party Vote
Harman — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Walters — Yea
Leno — Yea
Florez — Yea

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Subjects

finance civil-rights labor technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 641 do?
Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. (1) Existing law requires the State Bar to comply with specified standards applicable to state agency contracts when awarding a contract for goods, services, or both, for an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000. This bill would require the State Bar to comply with those standards when awarding a contract for information technology goods, as defined, services, or both, only when the contract is for an aggregate amount in excess of $100,000. The bill would require the State Bar to report to the judiciary committees of the Legislature by April 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, on the impact of this change. The bill would also require the State Bar to have a preference for using in-house employees for information technology projects. (2) Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the State Bar to charge an annual membership fee to active members of up to $315 for the year 2009. This bill would require the board to fix the annual membership fee for active members for 2010 at a sum not to exceed $315. (3) Existing law also provides for the registration and regulation of law corporations, as defined. Existing law requires law corporations to apply to the State Bar for registration and to supply the State Bar with specified information. Existing law also requires law corporations to pay a registration fee and an annual renewal fee and specifies that all fees are paid into the treasury of the State Bar. This bill would require these fees to be used for regulatory and disciplinary purposes. (4) Existing law, the Uniform Partnership Act of 1994, provides for the registration and regulation of limited liability partnerships, including those partnerships providing legal services. The act requires, at the time of registration and at all times these partnerships transact intrastate business, that these partnerships provide specified security for claims arising out of the practice of law. The act also requires a limited liability partnership providing professional services in this state to comply with the administrative registration or filing requirements of that profession's respective regulatory entity. In this regard, the State Bar, pursuant to its Rules of the State Bar, requires those partnerships that provide legal services to register with the State Bar by submitting an initial application and thereafter to renew annually and to include the payment of a fee in each of these instances. This bill would require these fees to be used for regulatory and disciplinary purposes. The bill would also require applicants for registration with the State Bar to file a separate form stating that the limited liability partnership has complied with the security requirements for claims arising out of the practice of law.
Who sponsors SB 641?
SB 641 is sponsored by Corbett.
What is the current status of SB 641?
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 641?
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