Bill Text: CA AB3252 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Shorthand court reporters: sunset: certification.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-20 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. [AB3252 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB3252-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 3252

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Introduced by Committee on Business and Professions

February 16, 2024

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An act to amend Section 8018 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 3252, as introduced, Committee on Business and Professions. Shorthand court reporters: certification.

Existing law establishes the Court Reporters Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth the board’s powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of shorthand reporters. Existing law states that a natural person holding a valid certificate as a shorthand reporter is known as a “certified shorthand reporter.” Existing law prohibits any other person, firm, or corporation from assuming or using the title “certified shorthand reporter” or use any words or symbols indicating or tending to indicate that the person, firm, or corporation is certified under these provisions. Existing law specifies that the use of the words “stenographer,” “reporter,” or the phrases “court reporter” or “deposition reporter” in combination with words or phrases related to the practice of shorthand reporting indicates or tends to indicate certification. Existing law makes a violation of the provisions of law governing shorthand reporters a misdemeanor.

This bill would include the phrase “voice writer” to the above-described list of words and phrases. By expanding the scope of the above-described prohibition, the violation of which is a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 8018 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

8018.

 A natural person who holds a valid certificate as a shorthand reporter, as provided in this chapter, shall be known as a “certified shorthand reporter.” Except as provided in Section 8043, no other person, entity, firm, or corporation may assume or use the title “certified shorthand reporter,” or the abbreviation “C.S.R.,” or use any words or symbols indicating or tending to indicate that they are, or it is, certified under this chapter. Use of the words “stenographer,” or “reporter,” or of the phrases “court reporter,” “deposition reporter,” or “digital reporter,” or “voice writer,” in combination with words or phrases related to the practice of shorthand reporting, as defined in Section 8017, indicates or tends to indicate certification pursuant to this chapter.

SEC. 2.

 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.