Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 117

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: allowing district attorneys, deputy district attorneys, and assistant district attorneys to engage in the private practice of law for certain civil purposes.

District attorney

Introduced, stopped here
Passes Assembly, not reached
Passes Senate, not reached
Governor signs, not reached
Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a full-time district attorney, deputy district attorney, or

assistant district attorney may not generally engage in the private practice of law

except to complete work in a civil case with which he or she was involved before

taking office, so long as that work is not in conflict with any interests of the district

attorney's county.

Under this bill, a full-time district attorney, deputy district attorney, or

assistant district attorney may also provide legal services to a person of limited

means or to a charitable, religious, civic, community, governmental, or educational

organization if the attorney provides the services without fee and the services are not

in conflict with the interests of the district attorney's county.

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Jun 20, 2017 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 14, 2018 official source full page