republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-253.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remote court reporting."
description: "Existing law authorizes a superior court to appoint official court reporters and specifies the fees for court reporting services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 253"
citation: "California AB 253 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Remote court reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Stone"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3be40f76-ff7c-401e-bb0d-2e3a994eb2f3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB253"
source_hash: "d222f5fddd73d02453291de7be570bd1cc6cf601a409f24a38d23ea4d4174645"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 253 (20192020) — Remote court reporting.

Existing law authorizes a superior court to appoint official court reporters and specifies the fees for court reporting services.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB253&version=20190AB25399INT)
2. **06/13/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB253&version=20190AB25398AMD)
3. **06/21/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB253&version=20190AB25397AMD)
4. **09/03/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB253&version=20190AB25396AMD)
5. **10/02/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB253&version=20190AB25394CHP)
6. **AB253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB253)
7. **09/17/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB253&version=20190AB25395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 253 Mark Stone Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 253 Mark Stone Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB253 Mark Stone By Beall — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1587.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-19** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2700.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-10** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
- **2019-09-10** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-10** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3303.)
- **2019-09-11** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 11). `committee-passage`
- **2019-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3470.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-24** 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 419, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3be40f76-ff7c-401e-bb0d-2e3a994eb2f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).