California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill
AB 2109: California bar examination.
Passed one chamber Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
AB 2109 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 18, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: California bar examination. . Primary sponsor: Diane Dixon (R). Most recent recorded action (June 10, 2026): Referred to Com. on JUD.
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Official summary
Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.
The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation governed by a board of trustees. Existing law authorizes the board of trustees to establish an examining committee, also known as the Committee of Bar Examiners, and requires an applicant for a license to practice law to pass the general bar examination, known as the California bar examination, given by the examining committee. Existing law prohibits the examining committee from altering the bar examination in a manner that requires the substantial modification of the training or preparation required for passage of the examination, except after giving 2 years’ notice of that change. Existing law requires the Committee of Bar Examiners, on or before November 30, 2026, to provide a report to the board of trustees, the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, and to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Judiciary on whether adopting a uniform bar examination would be more efficient to administer and lower the cost of administration for the State Bar and examinees.
This bill would require the examining committee, on January 1, 2029, to replace the California bar examination with the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ Uniform Bar Examination or any successor or replacement of that exam.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Dixon | Primary sponsor | Republican | Assembly | 72 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Referred to Com. on JUD.
- In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
- Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5438.)
- Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 24).
- Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
- From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
- Referred to Com. on JUD.
- From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- Read first time. To print.