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type: "Bill"
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title: "State government."
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description: "(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, until January 1, 2024, requires certain fees and revenues collected by the board from licensees to be deposited into the Transcript Reimbursement Fund, which is established as a continuously appropriated fund, to be available to provide reimbursement for the cost of providing shorthand reporting services to low-income litigants in civil cases who are unable to otherwise afford those services. Existing law requires the Transcript Reimbursement Fund to be funded by a transfer of funds from the Court Reporters' Fund in the amount of $300,000 annually and authorizes the board to transfer funds in increments of $100,000."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 163"
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citation: "California AB 163 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
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subjects: ["State government."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2021-01-08"
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last_action: "2021-09-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a62f6458-14e3-4a65-b7d5-1791584506b1"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB163"
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source_hash: "ae13c8f7305fc3c45ea54d06f4a8ec3d3c30c4c24c7e1b43c05a94bcf4014128"
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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 163 (20212022) — State government.
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(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, until January 1, 2024, requires certain fees and revenues collected by the board from licensees to be deposited into the Transcript Reimbursement Fund, which is established as a continuously appropriated fund, to be available to provide reimbursement for the cost of providing shorthand reporting services to low-income litigants in civil cases who are unable to otherwise afford those services. Existing law requires the Transcript Reimbursement Fund to be funded by a transfer of funds from the Court Reporters' Fund in the amount of $300,000 annually and authorizes the board to transfer funds in increments of $100,000.
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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. **01/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB163&version=20210AB16399INT)
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2. **02/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB163&version=20210AB16398AMD)
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3. **09/06/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB163&version=20210AB16397AMD)
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4. **09/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB163&version=20210AB16395CHP)
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5. **AB163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB163)
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6. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB163&version=20210AB16396ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass — **17–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 163 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB163 BUDGET (Ting) By Skinner — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 163 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **56–18** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Budget — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-08** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2021-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
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- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-02-22** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 432.)
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- **2021-02-22** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2021-02-22** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2021-02-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-02-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 493.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2021-09-01** Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2302.)
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- **2021-09-01** Senate rules suspended.
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- **2021-09-01** (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2303.)
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- **2021-09-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-09-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (September 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2575.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-09** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 3049.)
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- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3050.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
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- **2021-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 251, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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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/a62f6458-14e3-4a65-b7d5-1791584506b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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