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Bill	Court Reporters Board of California.	(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of shorthand reporters by the Court Reporters Board of California, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and is comprised of appointed members who hold office until the appointment and qualification of their successors or until one year has elapsed since the expiration of their term, whichever occurs first. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint an executive officer and committees and to employ other employees, as specified. Existing law also defines various terms for those purposes. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2020.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1520	California AB 1520 (20192020)	bill appropriation	Court Reporters Board of California.	enacted	Low	8	29	9	2019-02-22	2019-10-02	openstates	ocd-bill/8a58c295-dbf3-49ff-9283-11c07ed7e5fa	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1520	36bd660b770dff82dc7ba26e583a1e58a9128c670f45b23dfd2dbbd3ae72c81b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1520 (20192020) — Court Reporters Board of California.

(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of shorthand reporters by the Court Reporters Board of California, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and is comprised of appointed members who hold office until the appointment and qualification of their successors or until one year has elapsed since the expiration of their term, whichever occurs first. Existing law authorizes the board to appoint an executive officer and committees and to employ other employees, as specified. Existing law also defines various terms for those purposes. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2020.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/02/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/11/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/30/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/06/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/02/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1520 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/19/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1520 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1520 Low By Glazer — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1520 B. & P. Assembly Third Reading By LOW — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2019-03-18 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1896.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-06-06 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2019-07-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 8). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-07-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-08-12 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-08-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2856.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2019-09-12 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2019-09-12 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3461.)
• 2019-09-13 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (September 13). committee-passage
• 2019-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3556.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 463, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a58c295-dbf3-49ff-9283-11c07ed7e5fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).