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California 20252026

AB 2783

Court reporting.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Courtreporting
Introduced / first action
2026-03-11 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

(1) Existing law establishes the Court Reporters Board of California for the licensure and regulation of shorthand reporters. Existing law generally requires an applicant for a license to, among other requirements, pass an examination consisting of 3 parts, one of which is labeled Dictation/Transcription (Machine/Skill) . Under existing law, successful completion of the Certified Verbatim Reporter (CVR) or Certified Verbatim Reporter-Stenotype (CVR-S) certification administered through the National Verbatim Reporters Association satisfies the requirement to pass the Dictation/Transcription portion of the examination. This bill would also allow successful completion of the Registered Professional Reporter (RPR) certification administered through the National Court Reporters Association to satisfy the requirement to pass the Dictation/Transcription portion of the examination. (2) Existing law authorizes the superior court of 13 specified counties to conduct pilot projects, beginning on July 1, 2025, to study the potential use of remote court reporting to make the verbatim record of certain court proceedings under specified requirements. Existing law requires all pilot projects to terminate no later than July 1, 2026, and further requires the Judicial Council to prepare a report for the Legislature with the results from each participating superior court. Existing law repeals these provisions on June 1, 2027. This bill would extend the duration of the pilot program and would require all pilot projects to terminate no later than July 1, 2028, and would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2029. The bill would require the superior courts in the Counties of Los Angeles, Mendocino, San Bernardino, San Mateo, and Tulare to submit data and information to the Judicial Council, as specified, and would require the Judicial Council to present that information and its own report to the Legislature by January 1, 2027. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Judiciary (primary), author
  • Macedo, coauthor

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  2. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.).

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  3. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).

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  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  7. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. P. & E.D. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.

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  9. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  10. Referred to Coms. on JUD. and B. P. & E.D.

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  11. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  12. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).

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  13. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  14. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  15. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  16. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. Read second time and amended.

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  18. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 14).

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  19. Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  20. From printer. May be heard in committee April 11.

  21. Read first time. To print.

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