BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | ACR 20| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: ACR 20 Author: Mark Stone (D), et al. Amended: 2/19/15 in Assembly Vote: 21 ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 2/19/15 SUBJECT: California Court Reporting and Captioning Week SOURCE: California Court Reporters Association Deposition Reporters Association of California DIGEST: This resolution proclaims the week of February 15, 2015, through February 21, 2015, as California Court Reporting and Captioning Week in California. ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings: 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. There are approximately 8,500 Californians working as court ACR 20 Page 2 reports and captioners translating spoken word into text and preserving our history. This resolution proclaims the week of February 15, 2015, through February 21, 2015, as California Court Reporting and Captioning Week in California. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.:NoLocal: No SUPPORT: (Verified3/2/15) California Court Reporters Association (co-source) Deposition Reporters Association of California (co-source) California Official Court Reporters Association ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: The California Court Reporters Association writes, "This resolution, modeled after a national effort led by the National Court Reporters Association, honors the professions of court reporting and captioning by bringing statewide awareness to the impact court reporters and captioners have had on capturing California's history." The Deposition Reporters Association of California states, "ACR 20 (Stone) honors a profession that is essential to the efficacious administration of justice, does not garner the respect it deserves, and pays homage to working women and women-owned small businesses." Prepared by:Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520 3/4/15 15:44:33 SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE ACR 20 Page 3 **** END ****