California AB2783: Court reporting.

What the bill says

An act to amend Section 8020.5 of the Business and Professions Code, and to amend Section 69959.5 of the Government Code, relating to court reporters, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. court reporters, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately Court reporting. (1) Existing law establishes the Court Reporters Board of California for the licensure and regulation of shorthand reporters…

From the chaptered text, September 18, 2026:

An act to amend Section 8020.5 of the Business and Professions Code, and to amend Section 69959.5 of the Government Code, relating to court reporters, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. court reporters, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately Court reporting. (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 …

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Sponsors

• Alexandra Macedo (R, AD33) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. September 18, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 312, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 18, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. September 3, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
4. August 26, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6653.).
5. August 26, 2026: Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.).
6. August 26, 2026: In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
7. August 26, 2026: Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
8. August 4, 2026: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
9. August 3, 2026: From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
10. June 29, 2026: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB2783 JUD. (Kalra) By Reyes Urgency Clause (August 26, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
• AB 2783 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By KALRA (August 26, 2026): 79 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 29, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] (June 16, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
• AB 2783 Judiciary Third Reading Urgency By KALRA (May 26, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass. (May 14, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is AB2783?

AB2783 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Court reporting.

What does AB2783 do?

In its own words: An act to amend Section 8020.5 of the Business and Professions Code, and to amend Section 69959.5 of the Government Code, relating to court reporters, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. court reporters, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately Court reporting. (1) Existing law establishes the Court Reporters Board of California for the licensure and regulation of shorthand reporters…

What is the status of AB2783?

Chaptered as of September 18, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 312, Statutes of 2026. (September 18, 2026).

Who sponsored AB2783?

Alexandra Macedo (R, AD33).

Where is the official record for AB2783?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2783