republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2664.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court reporters: official reporter pro tempore."
description: "Existing law authorizes the court to appoint an official reporter pro tempore when needed for the judicial business of the superior court of the county to be diligently carried on and so a particular matter may proceed to trial or hearing without delay. Existing law authorizes a pro tempore official reporter to be appointed by the presiding judge of the court or the judge presiding in the department where the reporter will serve."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2664"
citation: "California AB 2664 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Court reporters: official reporter pro tempore."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07d9e835-79b8-4df7-a010-34329f85f26a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2664"
source_hash: "d18ef337434eb6a85dea5812d20983d3ddf0ceab599b523914fc32c18d03b3d4"
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 2664 (20172018) — Court reporters: official reporter pro tempore.

Existing law authorizes the court to appoint an official reporter pro tempore when needed for the judicial business of the superior court of the county to be diligently carried on and so a particular matter may proceed to trial or hearing without delay. Existing law authorizes a pro tempore official reporter to be appointed by the presiding judge of the court or the judge presiding in the department where the reporter will serve.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2664&version=20170AB266499INT)
2. **06/04/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2664&version=20170AB266498AMD)
3. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2664&version=20170AB266497AMD)
4. **09/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2664&version=20170AB266495CHP)
5. **AB2664** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2664)
6. **09/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2664&version=20170AB266496ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2664 Holden By Monning — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2664 Holden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2664 HOLDEN Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5042.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-21** From Consent Calendar.
- **2018-06-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-29** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6122.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2018-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2018-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 497, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07d9e835-79b8-4df7-a010-34329f85f26a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).