republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-3252.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Shorthand court reporters: sunset: certification."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2025, establishes the Court Reporters Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs and charges the board with the executive functions necessary for effectuating the licensure and regulation of shorthand reporters. Existing law, on and after July 1, 2022, and until January 1, 2025, authorizes an entity that is not a shorthand reporting corporation to engage in specified acts if the entity is approved for registration by the board, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 3252"
citation: "California AB 3252 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Shorthand court reporters", "certification", "sunset"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6baf26ca-e2ea-4b27-a55c-0368107d5a0f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3252"
source_hash: "aeb84301e2ccdff8fe177ab7560083fa2a409190d9612b8b343688cf68c1847e"
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 3252 (20232024) — Shorthand court reporters: sunset: certification.

Existing law, until January 1, 2025, establishes the Court Reporters Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs and charges the board with the executive functions necessary for effectuating the licensure and regulation of shorthand reporters. Existing law, on and after July 1, 2022, and until January 1, 2025, authorizes an entity that is not a shorthand reporting corporation to engage in specified acts if the entity is approved for registration by the board, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3252&version=20230AB325299INT)
2. **04/17/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3252&version=20230AB325298AMD)
3. **06/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3252&version=20230AB325297AMD)
4. **07/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3252&version=20230AB325296AMD)
5. **08/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3252&version=20230AB325295AMD)
6. **08/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3252&version=20230AB325294AMD)
7. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3252&version=20230AB325292CHP)
8. **AB3252** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3252)
9. **08/31/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3252&version=20230AB325293ENR)

## Votes

- AB 3252 Berman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB3252 Berman et al. By Ashby — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3252 Business and Professions Assembly Third Reading By BERMAN — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berman — primary (person)
- Ashby — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2024-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5533.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-05** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-28** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 587, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6baf26ca-e2ea-4b27-a55c-0368107d5a0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).