CA AB3013

Authorizes 13 specific California counties to conduct pilot projects using remote court reporting beginning July 1, 2025, allowing court reporters to produce verbatim records from locations outside the courtroom via audiovisual transmission.

Requires remote court reporters to be full-time official reporters with at least two years of California courtroom experience, physically located in a court facility (or offsite locations approved through collective bargaining by June 30, 2025).

Limits participation to no more than 20 percent of full-time court reporters per county (or 2 reporters for courts with fewer than 10), with stricter 10 percent cap for counties with populations over 2,000,000.

Permits remote reporting only for limited civil, family law, probate, juvenile, and most criminal cases, excluding preliminary hearings, trials, and death penalty cases; court must suspend proceedings if technology or audibility issues prevent accurate verbatim records.

All pilot projects must terminate by July 1, 2026, and the Judicial Council must submit a report to the Legislature within six months of conclusion; the statute itself repeals June 1, 2027.