CA AB2657

Requires transcripts created from electronic recording equipment to designate portions containing no audible sound or unintelligible content as "inaudible" or "unintelligible"

Permits courts to use electronic recording in limited civil cases, misdemeanor or infraction cases, and for monitoring subordinate judicial officer performance when an official reporter is unavailable

Allows electronic recording for internal personnel monitoring of subordinate judicial officers, hearing officers, and temporary judges only with advance notice to the judicial officer and litigants

Requires recordings made for performance monitoring purposes to be destroyed two years after the proceeding unless a personnel matter relating to the judicial officer's performance is pending

Mandates courts obtain Judicial Council advance approval before purchasing or leasing electronic recording equipment, with approval granted only if use is consistent with statute