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CA SB47: February 2025 bar exam: audit.

Effective Oct 1, 2025 California · 2025–2026 session

Last verified Oct 12, 2026 · official bill text

SB47 · where it stands

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  2. Passed first chamber Complete
  3. Passed both chambers Complete
  4. Enacted Complete
  5. Effective Since Oct 1, 2025
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In one paragraph

SB 47 amended Business and Professions Code Section 6145 to require the California State Auditor to audit the February 2025 bar exam and report to the State Bar board of trustees, the Chief Justice, and the Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committees, with the State Bar covering the cost. Among other things, the audit must evaluate the events that led the State Bar to use artificial intelligence to create multiple choice questions for the exam, including when and by whom the decision was made, the rationale, and when leadership learned of it. The bill is an urgency statute that took effect immediately on approval, October 1, 2025.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

Signals scrutiny of AI-generated content in professional licensing exams; testing vendors may face audits.

Key provisions

  1. Business and Professions Code Section 6145
  2. State Auditor audit of the February 2025 bar exam
  3. Audit must examine the use of AI to draft multiple choice questions
  4. Report to State Bar trustees, the Chief Justice, and Judiciary Committees
  5. Urgency statute effective immediately

Latest legislative action

Oct 1, 2025. Approved by the Governor October 1, 2025. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 209, Statutes of 2025.

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