Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB3970: Court reporters; duties and salaries; remote availability; transcripts; certifications; continuing education; shorthand reporter examinations; methods; effective date; emergency.
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
Court reporters; duties and salaries; remote availability; transcripts; certifications; continuing education; shorthand reporter examinations; methods; effective date; emergency.
What the bill says
An Act relating to court reporters; amending 20 O.S. 2021, Sections 106.4, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 100, O.S.L. 2023, and 106.9, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 263, O.S.L. 2023 (20 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 106.4 and 106.9), which relate to court reporter duties and salaries; expanding allowable means of court reporting; authorizing certain remote availability; providing requirements and authorizations for ordering transcripts; clarifying language; increasing certain annual salary; increasing number of certifications eligible for certain payments…
From the enrolled text, May 6, 2026:
An Act relating to court reporters; amending 20 O.S. 2021, Sections 106.4, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 100, O.S.L. 2023, and 106.9, as last amended by Section 1, Chapter 263, O.S.L. 2023 (20 O.S. Supp. 2025, Sections 106.4 and 106.9), which relate to court reporter duties and salaries; expanding allowable means of court reporting; authorizing certain remote availability; providing requirements and authorizations for ordering transcripts; clarifying language; increasing certain annual salary; increasing number of certifications eligible for certain payments; modifying continuing education requirements; providing for suspension and ineligibility for payments under certain conditions; updating statutory language; amending 20 O.S. 2021, Section 1503, which relates to shorthand reporter examinations for certifications; modifying allowable methods of shorthand reporting; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency. SUBJECT: Court reporters SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 20 O.S. 2021, Section 106.4, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 100, O.S.L. 2023 (20 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 106.4), is amended to read as follows: Section 106.4. A. 1. The court reporter shall make a full reporting by means of stenographic hand, steno-mask or, stenographic machine notes, any other method of reporting authorized by the Supreme Court, or a combination thereof, of all proceedings, including the statements of counsel and the court and the evidence, in trials and other judicial proceedings to which the court reporter is assigned …