Bill Full Text
Home
-
Bills
-
Bill
-
Authors
-
Dates
-
Locations
-
Analyses
-
Organizations
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:MeasureDoc xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:ns0="http://lc.ca.gov/legalservices/schemas/caml.1#" xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://lc.ca.gov/legalservices/schemas/caml.1# xca.1.xsd">
<ns0:Description>
<ns0:Id>20250SB__112998AMD</ns0:Id>
<ns0:VersionNum>98</ns0:VersionNum>
<ns0:History>
<ns0:Action>
<ns0:ActionText>INTRODUCED</ns0:ActionText>
<ns0:ActionDate>2026-02-17</ns0:ActionDate>
</ns0:Action>
<ns0:Action>
<ns0:ActionText>AMENDED_SENATE</ns0:ActionText>
<ns0:ActionDate>2026-03-23</ns0:ActionDate>
</ns0:Action>
</ns0:History>
<ns0:LegislativeInfo>
<ns0:SessionYear>2025</ns0:SessionYear>
<ns0:SessionNum>0</ns0:SessionNum>
<ns0:MeasureType>SB</ns0:MeasureType>
<ns0:MeasureNum>1129</ns0:MeasureNum>
<ns0:MeasureState>AMD</ns0:MeasureState>
</ns0:LegislativeInfo>
<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Caballero</ns0:AuthorText>
<ns0:Authors>
<ns0:Legislator>
<ns0:Contribution>LEAD_AUTHOR</ns0:Contribution>
<ns0:House>SENATE</ns0:House>
<ns0:Name>Caballero</ns0:Name>
</ns0:Legislator>
</ns0:Authors>
<ns0:Title> An act to add Section 6229 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.</ns0:Title>
<ns0:RelatingClause>professions and vocations</ns0:RelatingClause>
<ns0:GeneralSubject>
<ns0:Subject>Consumer affairs.</ns0:Subject>
</ns0:GeneralSubject>
<ns0:DigestText>
<html:p>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.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would require the State Bar to create a working group to examine the results of community justice worker models in other states and jurisdictions and the impact of providing services to people who otherwise would not have received legal services. The bill would also require the working group to submit, as specified, a report with findings and recommendations to the Legislature before January 1, 2029.</html:p>
</ns0:DigestText>
<ns0:DigestKey>
<ns0:VoteRequired>MAJORITY</ns0:VoteRequired>
<ns0:Appropriation>NO</ns0:Appropriation>
<ns0:FiscalCommittee>NO</ns0:FiscalCommittee>
<ns0:LocalProgram>NO</ns0:LocalProgram>
</ns0:DigestKey>
<ns0:MeasureIndicators>
<ns0:ImmediateEffect>NO</ns0:ImmediateEffect>
<ns0:ImmediateEffectFlags>
<ns0:Urgency>NO</ns0:Urgency>
<ns0:TaxLevy>NO</ns0:TaxLevy>
<ns0:Election>NO</ns0:Election>
<ns0:UsualCurrentExpenses>NO</ns0:UsualCurrentExpenses>
<ns0:BudgetBill>NO</ns0:BudgetBill>
<ns0:Prop25TrailerBill>NO</ns0:Prop25TrailerBill>
</ns0:ImmediateEffectFlags>
</ns0:MeasureIndicators>
</ns0:Description>
<ns0:Bill id="bill">
<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
<ns0:BillSection id="id_22B58863-F8DD-4258-8C91-6A2160D86F32">
<ns0:Num>SECTION 1.</ns0:Num>
<ns0:ActionLine action="IS_ADDED" ns3:href="urn:caml:codes:BPC:caml#xpointer(%2Fcaml%3ALawDoc%2Fcaml%3ACode%2F%2Fcaml%3ALawSection%5Bcaml%3ANum%3D'6229'%5D)" ns3:label="fractionType: LAW_SECTION" ns3:type="locator">
Section 6229 is added to the
<ns0:DocName>Business and Professions Code</ns0:DocName>
,
<ns0:Positioning>immediately following Section 6228</ns0:Positioning>
, to read:
</ns0:ActionLine>
<ns0:Fragment>
<ns0:LawSection id="id_458826AE-D1A1-42FF-8F2F-4E9B93ACF0E5">
<ns0:Num>6229.</ns0:Num>
<ns0:LawSectionVersion id="id_7CA0EB58-3758-4CBE-94D6-76BDDEB98DE1">
<ns0:Content>
<html:p>
(a)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The State Bar shall create a working group to examine the results of community justice worker models in other states and jurisdictions and the impact of providing services to people who otherwise would not have received legal services.
</html:p>
<html:p>
(b)
<html:span class="EnSpace"/>
The working group shall submit, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, a report with findings and recommendations to the Legislature before January 1, 2029.
</html:p>
</ns0:Content>
</ns0:LawSectionVersion>
</ns0:LawSection>
</ns0:Fragment>
</ns0:BillSection>
</ns0:Bill>
</ns0:MeasureDoc>