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, 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.
This bill would require the State Bar, prior to making any alterations to the bar examination, to complete a cost-benefit analysis and transmit the analysis to the Supreme Court and the Legislature. The bill would require the cost-benefit analysis to include, among other information, the cost of implementing the alteration and any new technological requirements necessary to administer or take the examination.

Statutes affected:
03/20/25 - Amended Assembly: 6046.6 BPC, 6046.6 BPC
04/01/25 - Amended Assembly: 6046.6 BPC, 6046.6 BPC, 6046.6 BPC