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type: "Bill"
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title: "Court reporters."
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description: "Existing law requires the charge of an official court reporter fee, in addition to any other fee required in civil actions or cases. For each proceeding lasting more than one hour, a fee equal to the actual cost of providing that service is required to be charged per 12 day of services to the parties, on a pro rata basis. For each proceeding lasting less than one hour, a fee of $30 is required to be charged for the reasonable cost of the services of an official court reporter. Fees collected pursuant to this provision may be used only to pay for services of an official court reporter in civil proceedings."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20132014"
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identifier: "AB 648"
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citation: "California AB 648 (20132014)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["Court reporters."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jones-Sawyer"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2013-02-21"
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last_action: "2013-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca674310-0835-40d4-87d1-8de4db1ac604"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB648"
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source_hash: "15fe87942a82ca414d68f7e8f21ac961f14a1d64ce22ffefd3522b5f2ce31cb3"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 648 (20132014) — Court reporters.
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Existing law requires the charge of an official court reporter fee, in addition to any other fee required in civil actions or cases. For each proceeding lasting more than one hour, a fee equal to the actual cost of providing that service is required to be charged per 12 day of services to the parties, on a pro rata basis. For each proceeding lasting less than one hour, a fee of $30 is required to be charged for the reasonable cost of the services of an official court reporter. Fees collected pursuant to this provision may be used only to pay for services of an official court reporter in civil proceedings.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB648&version=20130AB64899INT)
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2. **04/29/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB648&version=20130AB64898AMD)
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3. **06/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB648&version=20130AB64897AMD)
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4. **09/04/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB648&version=20130AB64896AMD)
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5. **09/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB648&version=20130AB64895AMD)
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6. **10/01/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB648&version=20130AB64893CHP)
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7. **AB648** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB648)
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8. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB648&version=20130AB64894ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
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- AB 648 JONES-SAWYER Assembly Third Reading — **49–24** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB648 Jones-Sawyer By Corbett — **25–11** (pass) · upper
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- AB 648 JONES-SAWYER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–23** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
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- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-04-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2013-04-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2013-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-04-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 24. Page 1379.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-06-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-06-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-06-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
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- **2013-08-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2013-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2013-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 2305.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2013-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2013-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3195.)
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- **2013-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 3210.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2013-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2013-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2013-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 454, Statutes of 2013.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca674310-0835-40d4-87d1-8de4db1ac604`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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