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Senate bill · 20252026

SB 253

State Bar of California.

Progress

245 days from first to latest action, across 21 recorded actions.

  1. Filed

    Feb 3

  2. Referred to committee

    Feb 14

  3. Heard in committee

    May 7

  4. Reported from committee

    May 7

  5. Passed first chamber

    May 28

  6. Passed second chamber

    Sep 8

  7. Sent to governor

    Sep 17

  8. Became law

    Oct 6

AssemblySenateFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

Filled marks are milestones (committee report, floor passage, governor action). Larger marks hold more same-day actions.

Record votes

Each dot is one member, grouped by how they voted.

Do pass

Senate · May 6, 2025

Passed 12–0

12 Yea

0 Nay

1 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

3rd Reading

Senate · May 28, 2025

Passed 38–0

38 Yea

0 Nay

2 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

Do pass as amended.

Assembly · Jun 24, 2025

Passed 12–0

12 Yea

0 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

SB 253 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Kalra

Assembly · Sep 8, 2025

Passed 78–0

78 Yea

0 Nay

2 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

Unfinished Business SB253 Umberg et al. Concurrence

Senate · Sep 10, 2025

Passed 40–0

40 Yea

0 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

Full history

Every action recorded by California Legislative Information.

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 405, Statutes of 2025.

    Oct 6, 2025 · Joint

  2. Approved by the Governor.

    Oct 6, 2025 · Joint

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

    Sep 17, 2025 · Joint

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2828.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. Judiciary

    Sep 10, 2025 · Senate

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

    Sep 8, 2025 · Senate

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2976.) Ordered to the Senate.

    Sep 8, 2025 · Assembly

  7. Ordered to third reading.

    Sep 2, 2025 · Assembly

  8. Read third time and amended.

    Sep 2, 2025 · Assembly

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    Jun 26, 2025 · Assembly

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

    Jun 25, 2025 · Assembly

  11. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Judiciary

    Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

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

    Jun 13, 2025 · Assembly

  13. Referred to Com. on JUD. Judiciary

    Jun 5, 2025 · Assembly

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

    May 28, 2025 · Assembly

  15. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1269.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    May 28, 2025 · Senate

  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    May 8, 2025 · Senate

  17. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1026.) (May 6). Judiciary

    May 7, 2025 · Senate

  18. Set for hearing May 6.

    Apr 4, 2025 · Senate

  19. Referred to Com. on JUD. Judiciary

    Feb 14, 2025 · Senate

  20. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.

    Feb 4, 2025 · Senate

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

    Feb 3, 2025 · Senate

Authors

and 1 coauthor or sponsor

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  • Diane Dixon coauthorR

In committee

  • Judiciary

    Senate

    Referred Feb 14, 2025 · heard May 7, 2025 · reported after 82 days

  • Judiciary

    Assembly

    Referred Jun 5, 2025 · heard Jun 24, 2025 · reported after 19 days

Topics

Bill text

  • 02/03/25 - IntroducedPDF
  • 06/13/25 - Amended AssemblyPDF
  • 06/25/25 - Amended AssemblyPDF
  • 09/02/25 - Amended AssemblyPDF
  • 09/12/25 - EnrolledPDF
  • 10/06/25 - ChapteredPDF
  • SB253HTML

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