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State Bar & Bar Associations

May 24, 2019

Bill raising State Bar licensing fee moves forward at the capital

The State Bar licensing fee would rise from $315 to $460 annually under new legislative amendments introduced this week. The bill would not change the current $75 in assessments for attorney discipline, lawyer assistance and the Client Security Fund, resulting a total annual fee of $535.

The State Bar licensing fee would rise from $315 to $460 annually under new legislative amendments introduced this week. The bill would not change the current $75 in assessments for attorney discipline, lawyer assistance and the Client Security Fund, resulting in a total annual fee of $535.

The amendments are part of SB 176, a bill by Senate Judiciary Chair Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara. The goal was to conform the amounts to...

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