republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2657.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic court reporting."
description: "Existing law regulates official court reporters in the superior courts. Under existing law, a court may use electronic recording equipment in a limited civil case, a misdemeanor or infraction case, or for the internal purpose of monitoring judicial officer performance. If electronic recording equipment is used, a transcript created with that equipment may be used whenever a transcript of court proceedings is necessary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2657"
citation: "California AB 2657 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic court reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Calderon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e88c6d4-5889-40dc-a959-e41898762f3c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2657"
source_hash: "b42b74dc51e336a8ad2ea7c7f96aea848620c57dd4f1cd298cc8cfa2186b9f56"
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 2657 (20112012) — Electronic court reporting.

Existing law regulates official court reporters in the superior courts. Under existing law, a court may use electronic recording equipment in a limited civil case, a misdemeanor or infraction case, or for the internal purpose of monitoring judicial officer performance. If electronic recording equipment is used, a transcript created with that equipment may be used whenever a transcript of court proceedings is necessary.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2657&version=20110AB265799INT)
2. **04/10/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2657&version=20110AB265798AMD)
3. **07/24/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2657&version=20110AB265796CHP)
4. **AB2657** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2657)
5. **07/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2657&version=20110AB265797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2657 Charles Calderon — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2657 CALDERON Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Calderon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4888.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-07-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4318.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-07-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 170, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e88c6d4-5889-40dc-a959-e41898762f3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).