CaliforniaState Bar of California: artificial intelligence.
What it does
Existing law, the State Bar Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California (State Bar), a public corporation governed by a board of trustees. Existing law authorizes the State Bar to establish an examining committee, also known as the Committee of Bar Examiners, with powers that include examining applicants for admission to practice law. Existing law requires an applicant for admission and licensure to practice law to meet specified requirements, including passing a general bar examination given by the examining committee, and authorizes certain experienced attorneys to take an attorneys' examination instead.
More detail
Existing law requires specified applicants to take a first-year law students' examination administered by the examining committee.
Existing law defines "artificial intelligence" as, among other things, a machine-based system that varies in its level of autonomy and that can generate outputs, which can influence physical or virtual environments.
This bill would require the State Bar to disclose, on its internet website, the use of artificial intelligence-generated content, as defined, in developing or administering the State Bar examinations described above. The bill would require the State Bar to disclose, on the cover page of study materials, the use of artificial intelligence-generated content in examination study material it, among other things, publishes or endorses. The bill would only require these disclosures for content developed by or at the explicit direction of the State Bar. The bill would apply these disclosure requirements regardless of whether the artificial intelligence-generated content is revised or reviewed by a natural person. The bill would become operative on January 1, 2028.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Aug 22Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 116, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Aug 22Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 10Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 3Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6031.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 1651 Dixon Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 25In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 25Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5014.).Passed Senate
- Jun 18Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.Major
- Jun 17From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 16).Major
- Jun 16
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- May 6Referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Apr 16In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 1651 Dixon Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 16Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4681.)Passed Assembly
- Apr 9Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Apr 8From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 7).Minor
- Apr 7
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 6Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.Minor
- Mar 26From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 10From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 17Referred to Coms. on JUD. and P. & C.P.Minor
- Jan 29From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
- Jan 28Read first time. To print.Introduced