Bill Commons

CA AB 2783

enacted

Court reporting.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 2783 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2783 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-18): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 312, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2783 about?

(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.

Who sponsors CA AB 2783?

Committee on Judiciary is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2783, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

(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.

Introduced
2026-04-15
Latest action
2026-09-18 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 312, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Judiciaryauthor
  • Macedocoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-18

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 312, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. 2026-09-18

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-03

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

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  4. 2026-08-26

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

  5. 2026-08-26

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2026-08-26

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

  7. 2026-08-26

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6653.).

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  8. 2026-08-04

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. 2026-08-03

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

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  10. 2026-06-29

    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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  11. 2026-06-17

    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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  12. 2026-06-03

    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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  13. 2026-06-03

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

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  14. 2026-05-27

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

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  15. 2026-05-26

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

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  16. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5351.).

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  17. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2026-05-14

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

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  19. 2026-04-29

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

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  20. 2026-04-20

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  21. 2026-04-16

    Read second time and amended.

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  22. 2026-04-15

    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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  23. 2026-03-16

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

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  24. 2026-03-12

    From printer. May be heard in committee April 11.

  25. 2026-03-11

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 03/11/26 - Introduced — 2026-03-11Compare
  • 04/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-16Compare
  • 06/03/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-03Compare
  • 08/30/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-30Compare
  • 09/18/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-18Compare
  • AB2783Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-14 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Zbur: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • AB 2783 Judiciary Third Reading Urgency By KALRA

    2026-05-27 · pass · 78-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ellis: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development]

    2026-06-16 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ashby: other
    • Weber Pierson: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-06-29 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Strickland: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Umberg: yes

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