Government,
State Bar & Bar Associations
May 30, 2019
State Bar fee bill passes Senate, with some dissent
The Senate passed the State Bar’s fee increase 32-4, but some skepticism remains among some legislators.
Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson
The State Bar is inching closer to a $145 base licensing fee hike, but some legislators still appear skeptical of the need for the increase.
The bill, SB 176, passed the Senate Tuesday on a 32-4 vote. For the last several years, however, the State Bar's annual fee bills have passed the Legislature unanimously, save a disastrous bill failure in 2016 that forced the agency to trim its staff.
Despite ...
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