BILL NUMBER: ACR 20	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 19, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mark Stone
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Achadjian,   Alejo,   Travis Allen,  
Atkins,   Baker,   Bigelow,   Bloom,
  Bonilla,   Bonta,   Burke,  
Calderon,   Campos,   Chang,   Chau, 
 Chávez,   Chiu,   Chu,   Cooley,
  Cooper,   Dahle,   Daly,  
Dodd,   Eggman,   Frazier,   Beth Gaines,
  Gatto,   Gipson,   Gomez,  
Gonzalez,   Gordon,   Gray,   Grove, 
 Harper,  Roger Hernández,   Holden, 
 Irwin,   Jones,   Kim,   Lackey,
  Levine,   Linder,   Lopez,  
Low,   Maienschein,   Mathis,   Mayes,
  McCarty,   Medina,  Melendez,  
Mullin,   Nazarian,   Obernolte,   O'
Donnell,   Patterson,   Perea,   Quirk,
  Rendon,   Ridley-Thomas,   Rodriguez,
  Salas,   Santiago,   Steinorth, 
 Wagner,   Waldron,   Weber,   Wilk,
  and Wood   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2015

   Relative to California Court Reporting and Captioning Week.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 20, as amended, Mark Stone. California Court Reporting and
Captioning Week.
   This measure would proclaim the week of February 15, 2015, through
February 21, 2015, as California Court Reporting and Captioning Week
and request the governor to issue a proclamation calling on the
people of the great State of California to observe the day with
appropriate programs, ceremonies, and educational activities.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, For millennia, individuals have wanted the spoken word
translated into text to record history and to accomplish this task
have relied on scribes; and
   WHEREAS, The profession of scribe was born with the rise of
civilization; and
   WHEREAS, In ancient Egypt, scribes were considered to be the
literate elite, recording laws and other important documents and,
since that time, have served as impartial witnesses to history; and
   WHEREAS, Scribes were present with our nation's founding fathers
as the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights were
drafted; and
   WHEREAS, President Abraham Lincoln entrusted scribes to record the
Emancipation Proclamation; and
   WHEREAS, Since the advent of shorthand machines, these scribes
have been known as court reporters and have played a permanent and
invaluable role across our country; and
   WHEREAS, Court reporters are present in the California State
Legislature, preserving legislators' words and actions; and
   WHEREAS, Court reporters and captioners are responsible for
keeping a complete, accurate, secure, and unbiased record of
courtroom proceedings and other legal matters, including civil
depositions; and
   WHEREAS, Through the Transcript Reimbursement Fund, court
reporters fund and are responsible for providing courtroom
transcripts to indigent litigants; and
   WHEREAS, Court reporters and captioners are responsible for the
closed captioning seen scrolling across television screens, at
sporting stadiums, and in other community and educational settings,
bringing information to millions of deaf and hard-of-hearing
Americans every day; and
   WHEREAS, Court reporters regularly volunteer to document
educational events and to capture veterans' oral histories at
community events; and
   WHEREAS, There are an estimated 8,500 Californians working as
court reporters and captioners; and
   WHEREAS, Court reporters and captioners translate the spoken word
into text and preserve our history; and
   WHEREAS, Whether called the scribes of yesterday or the court
reporters and captioners of today, the individuals who preserve our
nation's history are truly the guardians of the record; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims February 15, 2015,
through February 21, 2015, as California Court Reporting and
Captioning Week, and requests that the Governor issue a proclamation
calling on the people of the great State of California to observe the
day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and educational
activities; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.