California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 766 — International commercial arbitration: representation.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 134, Statutes of 2018.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law includes provisions that govern arbitration and conciliation proceedings for international commercial disputes. Existing law authorizes the parties in a conciliation proceeding to appear in person or be represented or assisted by any person of their choice, and provides that a person representing or assisting a party is not required to be a member of the legal profession or licensed to practice law in California. This bill would permit an individual who is not admitted to practice law in California but who is a member in good standing of a recognized legal profession in the United States or a foreign jurisdiction and is subject to effective regulation and discipline by a duly constituted professional body or public authority to provide legal services in an international commercial arbitration or related proceeding, as specified. Additionally, the bill would subject an individual rendering legal services pursuant to this provision to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the State Bar, and it would direct the State Bar to annually report to the Supreme Court regarding the number and nature of any complaints that it has received against these attorneys and any actions it has taken in response to these complaints.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 134, Statutes of 2018.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 6107.) Ordered to the Senate.

  6. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  7. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27).

  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. Referred to Com. on JUD.

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

  11. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4116.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  12. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  13. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

  14. Set for hearing January 16.

  15. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4021.) (January 9).

  17. Set for hearing January 9.

  18. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  19. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  20. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  21. Referred to Com. on RLS.

  22. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  23. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Monning · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Monning

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

SB 766 Monning Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 69 Yea · 0 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 49009
Democratic 15001
Republican 5001
Total 690011
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Not Voting
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Harper — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Yea
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Quirk — Not Voting
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cunningham — Not Voting
Daly — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gray — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Not Voting
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Not Voting
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Not Voting
Mullin — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Not Voting
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12001
Democratic 3000
Republican 1000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Not Voting
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Chau — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7001
Democratic 2000
Total 9001
% of votes cast 90%0%0%10%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Cunningham — Yea
Chau — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Holden — Not Voting
Kiley — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Consent Calendar SB766

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34001
Democratic 5000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Newman — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Bates — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mendoza — Not Voting
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 766 do?
Existing law includes provisions that govern arbitration and conciliation proceedings for international commercial disputes. Existing law authorizes the parties in a conciliation proceeding to appear in person or be represented or assisted by any person of their choice, and provides that a person representing or assisting a party is not required to be a member of the legal profession or licensed to practice law in California. This bill would permit an individual who is not admitted to practice law in California but who is a member in good standing of a recognized legal profession in the United States or a foreign jurisdiction and is subject to effective regulation and discipline by a duly constituted professional body or public authority to provide legal services in an international commercial arbitration or related proceeding, as specified. Additionally, the bill would subject an individual rendering legal services pursuant to this provision to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the State Bar, and it would direct the State Bar to annually report to the Supreme Court regarding the number and nature of any complaints that it has received against these attorneys and any actions it has taken in response to these complaints.
Who sponsors SB 766?
SB 766 is sponsored by Monning.
What is the current status of SB 766?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 766?
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