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 03/20/25 - Amended Assembly
 02/19/25 - Introduced

 AB-882 Electronic court reporting.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 07/17/2025 09:00 PM

AB882:v94#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 July 17, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 June 23, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 June 02, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 09, 2025

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 20, 2025

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 882

Introduced by Assembly Member Papan

February 19, 2025

An act to add and repeal Section 69957.5 of the Government Code, relating to court reporting.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 882, as amended, Papan.
 Electronic court reporting.

Existing law regulates official court reporters in the superior courts. Under existing law, a court may use electronic recording equipment in a limited civil case, a misdemeanor or infraction case, or for the internal purpose of monitoring subordinate judicial officer performance. Existing law requires, prior to purchasing or leasing any electronic recording technology or equipment, a court to obtain advance approval from the Judicial Council.

This bill would, until January 1, 2028, authorize the court to use electronic recording technology in civil proceedings when specified circumstances are met, including, among other things, when a litigant who cannot afford to retain a private court reporter has requested a verbatim record of the proceeding. The bill would require a court to find that a litigant cannot afford to retain a private court
 reporter if any specified circumstances are met, including when the litigant has been granted a waiver of court fees for the proceeding. The bill would require the court to follow prescribed procedures when using electronic recording in civil proceedings, the court lacks sufficient reporters or official reporters pro tempore to provide verbatim records, as specified, including, among other things, providing public notice that the court is accepting applications from certified shorthand reporters for positions as official court reporters. The bill would set forth a grievance and arbitration process for resolving disputes regarding compliance with these provisions, as specified. The bill would require a transcript created from electronic recordings to include a designation for portions of the recording that contain no
 audible sound or are not discernible.

The bill would require the Judicial Council to develop and approve official forms for use in trial courts consistent with the above provisions. The bill would require each trial court to report to the Judicial Council, on a quarterly basis, specified information, including, among other things, the number of applications received by the court from certified shorthand reporters. The bill would require the Judicial Council to make this information public available on its internet website.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 NO 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 69957.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:

69957.5.

 (a) Notwithstanding Section 69957, if a court is unable, after due diligence, to hire or retain sufficient official reporters or official reporters pro tempore to provide verbatim records to civil litigants who cannot afford to retain a private court reporter and have requested a verbatim record of the civil proceedings, the court may, subject to the requirements of this section, use electronic recording to make a record of those civil proceedings. A transcript derived from such an electronic recording may be utilized whenever a transcript of court proceedings is required. Transcripts derived from electronic recordings shall include a designation of “inaudible” or “unintelligible” for those portions of the recording that
 contain no audible sound or are not discernible.

(b) Notwithstanding this section, electronic recording shall not be used to make the record in juvenile dependency proceedings, juvenile delinquency proceedings, proceedings under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (Article 4 (commencing with Section 6600) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of