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Committee advances bill to let certified voice court reporters administer oaths
Summary
The committee voted unanimously to advance a cleanup bill allowing registered and certified verbatim (voice) court reporters to administer oaths or affirmations; sponsors said the change updates a statute enacted during COVID and brings voice writers into the same legal authority as stenographic reporters.
The House Judiciary Committee unanimously advanced a bill to permit certified verbatim court reporters and certified verbatim stenotype reporters (voice writers) to administer oaths in court proceedings.
Sponsor Rep. Espinosa described the bill as a narrow, technical cleanup following COVID‑era practice changes that allowed some court reporters to operate remotely and create official verbatim records without being physically in the…
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