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Simultaneously, the State Bar said it was suing Measure Learning, the vendor that administered the botched February exam, for fraud. The disaster also claimed  the State Bar’s executive director, Leah T. Wilson. Wilson said she would step down in July when her $400,000 annual contract is set to expire.

Leah T. Wilson, executive director of the State Bar, told state lawmakers at a Senate Judiciary hearing Tuesday that the agency expects to pay around $5.6 million to offer free exams to test takers, book in-person testing sites and return the exam to its traditional system of multiple-choice questions for its July test.

The complaint alleges Meazure Learning committed fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and breach of contract by claiming it could administer a remote and in-person exam in a two-day window.

The complaint, filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, accused Meazure of fraud, breach of contract, false promises and negligent misrepresentation.

As the state bar accused Meazure Learning of overpromising its ability to administer the lawyer-licensing exam, a bar committee Monday endorsed provisionally licensing those who failed the February test.