Government,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 17, 2024
Bill lets several counties use remote court reporting, other states ahead
Like many other states, California has been grappling with a shortage of skilled court reporters. Even a $30 million annual appropriation from the Legislature in recent budgets has gone partially unspent.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed another bill liberalizing the rules around court reporting. AB 3013 will allow courts in about a dozen counties to conduct pilot projects to study the potential use of remote court reporting.
The move is one of several recent changes that seek to free courts from the need to have a traditionally trained stenographer in the room to create a verbatim record. The Los Angeles County Superior Court announced this month it would allow digital audio recording of ...
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