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Bill	Civil actions.	(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. Existing law subjects a person or entity to certain penalties if the person or entity engages in specified acts relating to shorthand reporting, including any act that constitutes shorthand reporting, except if the person or entity is a licensed shorthand reporter, a shorthand reporting corporation, or one of specified other persons or entities not subject to those provisions. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 241	California SB 241 (20212022)	bill	Civil actions.	enacted	Umberg	13	36	10	2021-01-21	2021-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/4ed67a9f-85f7-4342-8cf0-415675b39bb3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB241	0b9b85c855b9ad2c7a4f188918308688ce6551af668c2d18a70c09423512b203	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 241 (20212022) — Civil actions.

(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. Existing law subjects a person or entity to certain penalties if the person or entity engages in specified acts relating to shorthand reporting, including any act that constitutes shorthand reporting, except if the person or entity is a licensed shorthand reporter, a shorthand reporting corporation, or one of specified other persons or entities not subject to those provisions. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. 01/21/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/05/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/08/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/22/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/25/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/10/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/23/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 06/28/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/30/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/03/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/22/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
12. SB241 (committee substitute) — source
13. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 241 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Stone — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB241 Umberg Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Umberg — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2021-01-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 21.
• 2021-02-03 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2021-03-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Re-referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 Set for hearing April 5.
• 2021-04-07 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 670.) (April 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-13 Set for hearing April 20.
• 2021-04-21 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 859.) (April 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-30 Set for hearing May 10.
• 2021-05-10 May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1184.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1388.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-10 Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-06-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-22 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-28 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2912.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2553.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2021-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 214, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ed67a9f-85f7-4342-8cf0-415675b39bb3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).