republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-170.md

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Bill	Court reporters: rough draft transcript.	Existing law provides that the report of the official reporter or official reporter pro tempore of any court, as specified, when transcribed and certified as being a correct transcript of the testimony and proceedings in a case, is prima facie evidence of that testimony and proceedings. Existing law specifically provides that the report, when prepared as a rough draft transcript, shall not be certified and cannot be used, cited, or transcribed as the official certified transcript of the proceedings. Existing law also provides that the rough draft transcript may not be cited or used to rebut or contradict the official certified transcript and that the production of a rough draft transcript shall not be required.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 170	California AB 170 (20092010)	bill	Court reporters: rough draft transcript.	enacted	Mendoza	4	20	4	2009-01-29	2009-08-06	openstates	ocd-bill/d60ef6cf-4422-4b20-96a3-e20979d11dd0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB170	d43d32261bcf34668ae7d9f52a45f74ef7aa90ea34111b051b9f826d9cfc3d83	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 170 (20092010) — Court reporters: rough draft transcript.

Existing law provides that the report of the official reporter or official reporter pro tempore of any court, as specified, when transcribed and certified as being a correct transcript of the testimony and proceedings in a case, is prima facie evidence of that testimony and proceedings. Existing law specifically provides that the report, when prepared as a rough draft transcript, shall not be certified and cannot be used, cited, or transcribed as the official certified transcript of the proceedings. Existing law also provides that the rough draft transcript may not be cited or used to rebut or contradict the official certified transcript and that the production of a rough draft transcript shall not be required.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 01/29/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/06/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB170 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/23/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent #9 AB170 Mendoza By Harman — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 170 MENDOZA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mendoza — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2009-01-29 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2009-01-30 From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
• 2009-03-04 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2009-03-17 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-03-18 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-03-23 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 626.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-03-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2009-04-30 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2009-06-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2009-06-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2009-06-10 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2009-06-16 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
• 2009-06-22 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1376.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2009-06-22 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2009-06-25 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2009-07-01 Withdrawn from Governor.
• 2009-07-01 Ordered returned to enrollment.
• 2009-07-30 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2009-08-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2009-08-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 87, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d60ef6cf-4422-4b20-96a3-e20979d11dd0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).