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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 36

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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

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. 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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Horlacher (R) , Jacque (R) , Kessler (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Subeck (D)

1 cosponsors

L. Taylor (D)

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.

Full history

  1. Jan 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kessler, Horlacher, Jacque, Berceau, C. Taylor, Ohnstad, Subeck and Brostoff; cosponsored by Senator L. Taylor

  2. Jan 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Apr 27, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jun 8, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly

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

  6. Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1