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History
- Vetoed memo.208
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.315
- Substituted for A5235
- Referred to labor
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.281
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- Referred to labor
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Requires workers comp hearings and pre-hearing conferences to be stenographically recorded by a stenographer in the employ of the workers' compensation board
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Keith L.T. Wright
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4471
Title of bill
An act to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to requiring hearings and pre-hearing conferences to be recorded by a stenographer in the employ of the workers' compensation board
Purpose
Provides that testimony in workers compensation cases must be stenographically recorded and transcribed by a stenographer in the employ of the board.
Summary of provisions
Amends § 122 of the workers' compensation law to provide that testimony given before the Workers' Compensation Board must, in addition to being transcribed by a stenographer in the employ of the board, also be stenographically recorded by a stenographer in the employ of the board.
Existing law
Under existing law, transcripts must be transcribed by a stenographer, which is certified by the stenographer to be true and correct.
JUSTIFICATION;
This legislation seeks to clarify the statute that testimony must be both stenographically recorded and transcribed by a stenographer in the employ of the board for workers' compensation cases. Plans by the Workers' Compensation Board to allow for digital recording were found by members of the Legislature to be in opposition to the legislative intent of Worker's Compensation law § 122. In order to prevent any future confusion the statute should be amended to clarify that testimony must be both stenographically recorded and transcribed by a stenographer in the employ of the board.
Legislative history
2010 Session - passed Senate 2011 Session - referred to Senate Labor Committee 2012 Session passed both, houses, vetoed by Governor (VM. 140)
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately
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