REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY VOTE
(§§ 7, 10, 11 & NRS 656.120, 656.220)
S.B. 191
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SENATE BILL NO. 191–SENATOR DALY
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to court reporters and
court reporting firms. (BDR 54-14)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: Increases or Newly
Provides for Term of Imprisonment in County or City
Jail or Detention Facility.
Effect on the State: Yes.
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to professions; exempting certain persons from
provisions of existing law governing certified court
reporters and court reporting firms; revising provisions
governing the certification and licensing of certified court
reporters and court reporting firms to include legal video
recorders; requiring court reporters and court reporting
firms to provide certain transcripts and recordings to
third-party requesters under certain circumstances;
defining certain terms and revising certain terms relating
to certified court reporters and court reporting firms;
increasing the compensation for certain services provided
by a court reporter in district court; providing a penalty;
and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing law sets forth the Nevada Certified Court Reporters’ and Licensed 1
Court Reporting Firms’ Law, which provides for the certification and regulation of 2
certified court reporters and the licensure and regulation of court reporting firms by 3
the Certified Court Reporters’ Board of Nevada. (Chapter 656 of NRS) Existing 4
law prohibits a person from engaging in the practice of court reporting without a 5
valid certificate of registration as a certified court reporter. (NRS 656.145, 656.300) 6
Sections 3, 5-10 and 12-15 of this bill provide for the certification and regulation 7
by the Board of persons engaged in the recording of certain proceedings by the use 8
of video cameras or any system of recording simultaneous audio and video. Section 9
5 expands the definitions of: (1) “certificate” to mean a certificate of registration as 10
a court reporter or a certificate of registration as a legal video recorder; (2) 11
“certified court reporter” to mean a person who holds a certificate of registration as 12
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a court reporter or a certificate as a legal video recorder; and (3) “practice of court 13
reporting” to include video recording in this State certain proceedings, by the use of 14
video cameras or any system of recording simultaneous audio and video. As such, 15
under section 5, a person who engages in the video recording of certain 16
proceedings by the use of video cameras or any system of recording simultaneous 17
audio and video is engaged in the practice of court reporting and is prohibited from 18
doing so without a certificate of registration as a legal video recorder issued by the 19
Board. If such a person obtains such a certificate, under section 5, the person would 20
constitute a certified court reporter. 21
Existing law prohibits a person from conducting business as a court reporting 22
firm without a license issued by the Board. (NRS 656.185) Existing law defines 23
“court reporting firm” to mean, in general, a business that provides or arranges for 24
the services of a certified court reporter or provides referral services for certified 25
court reporters. (NRS 656.030) Because a person who engages in the video 26
recording of certain proceedings and has obtained a certificate or registration as a 27
legal video recorder constitutes a certified court reporter, under section 5, a person 28
is prohibited from providing or arranging services for such video recording or 29
providing referral services for a person who engages in such video recording. 30
Sections 6 and 11 of this bill revise provisions relating to engaging in the 31
practice of court reporting or conducting business as a court reporting firm without 32
a certificate of registration or license issued by the Board, as applicable, to reflect 33
the changes in section 5, which provide that a certified court reporter includes a 34
person who has obtained a certificate of registration as a court reporter or a 35
certificate of registration as a legal video recorder. 36
Existing law authorizes certain courts and magistrates to designate a person 37
who is not a certified court reporter to operate sound recording equipment to record 38
certain proceedings. (NRS 3.380, 4.400, 171.198) Section 2 of this bill exempts 39
such a person from the provisions of the Nevada Certified Court Reporters’ and 40
Licensed Court Reporting Firms’ Law. 41
Section 3 prohibits a person who holds a certificate of registration as a legal 42
video recorder from recording certain proceedings unless another person who holds 43
a certificate of registration as a court reporter is present. Section 3 also prohibits a 44
person who holds only a certificate of registration: (1) as a legal video recorder 45
from engaging in the practices of a person who holds a certificate of registration as 46
a court reporter; and (2) as a court reporter from engaging in the practices of a 47
person who holds a certificate of registration as a legal video recorder. Finally, 48
section 3 prohibits a person who holds both a certificate of registration as a court 49
reporter and a certificate of registration as a legal video recorder from performing 50
both functions simultaneously during the same proceeding. Section 13: (1) 51
authorizes a person who holds a certificate of registration as a legal video recorder 52
to use the title of “certified court reporter-legal video recorder” and the 53
abbreviation “C.C.R.-L.V.R.”; (2) prohibits a person who holds a certificate as a 54
legal video recorder from using any other title or abbreviation applicable to a 55
person who holds a certificate of registration as a court reporter, unless the person 56
also holds another applicable certificate; and (3) prohibits any other person from 57
using the title or abbreviation of a legal video reporter in connection with his or her 58
profession or business, unless the person holds such a certificate of registration. 59
Section 4 of this bill authorizes a person who is not a party to certain civil 60
proceedings to request a copy of a transcript or video record media of the 61
proceeding from a certified court reporter or court reporting firm with possession of 62
the transcript or video record media. Upon receipt of such a request, section 4 63
requires the certified court reporter or court reporting firm to notify the parties to 64
the proceeding or their attorneys of: (1) the request; and (2) the name of the third-65
party requester. If the request is for a transcript or video record media of the 66
testimony of an expert witness, unless a court order prohibits provision of the 67
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transcript or record, section 4 requires the court reporter or court reporting firm to 68
provide the transcript or video record media to the third-party requester not later 69
than 60 days after providing notice of the request and upon receipt of a reasonable 70
fee prescribed by the court reporter or firm. If the request is for a transcript or video 71
record media of the proceeding other than the testimony of an expert witness, 72
section 4 authorizes any party to the proceeding to object to the provision of the 73
transcript or video record media by providing written notice to the court reporter or 74
court reporting firm, the parties to the proceeding or their attorneys and the third-75
party requester. If a party so objects, section 4 prohibits the court reporter or court 76
reporting firm providing the requested transcript or video record media unless: (1) a 77
court order authorizes provision of the transcript or video record media; and (2) the 78
third-party requester pays a reasonable fee prescribed by the court reporter or firm. 79
Existing law requires an applicant for a certificate of registration as a certified 80
court reporter to take an examination administered by the Board. (NRS 656.160) 81
Sections 7 and 8: (1) require an applicant for a certificate of registration as a legal 82
video recorder to pass an examination administered by the Board and pay certain 83
fees; and (2) establish certain requirements relating to such an examination. Section 84
9 revises the requirements for a person to be admitted to take an examination. 85
Section 10 sets forth the circumstances under which an applicant is entitled to a 86
certificate of registration as a legal video recorder. 87
Section 12 sets forth circumstances under which the Board is authorized to 88
refuse to issue, suspend or revoke a certificate of registration as a legal video 89
recorder. 90
Sections 14 and 15 set forth certain requirements and restrictions relating to 91
the retention and alteration of video record media by a person who holds a 92
certificate as a legal video recorder. 93
Existing law sets forth the compensation that must be paid for various services 94
provided by the official reporter or reporter pro tempore in a state district court. 95
(NRS 3.370) Section 16 of this bill increases the compensation that must be paid to 96
such court reporters for certain transcription and reporting services. 97
Section 17 of this bill authorizes a person or business who, on or before 98
December 31, 2025, is engaged in the video recording of certain proceedings by the 99
use of video cameras or any system of recording simultaneous audio and video or is 100
providing certain referral services relating to such video recording without 101
obtaining a certificate of registration or license, as applicable to continue to engage 102
in such activities until July 1, 2026, or such other date as the Board may prescribe 103
by regulation. 104
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 656 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
thereto the provisions set forth as sections 2, 3 and 4 of this act. 2
Sec. 2. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to a 3
person who has been designated by a court or magistrate pursuant 4
to NRS 3.380, 4.400 or 171.198 to operate sound recording 5
equipment to record a proceeding and who confines his or her 6
activities to those authorized by those sections. 7
Sec. 3. 1. A certified court reporter who holds a certificate 8
of registration as a legal video recorder shall not record a 9
proceeding described in subparagraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of 10
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paragraph (a) of subsection 10 of NRS 656.030 unless another 1
certified court reporter who holds a certificate of registration as a 2
court reporter is present at the proceeding. 3
2. A certified court reporter who holds only: 4
(a) A certificate of registration as a legal video recorder shall 5
not engage in the practices described in paragraph (a) of 6
subsection 10 of NRS 656.030; and 7
(b) A certificate of registration as a court reporter shall not 8
engage in the practices described in paragraph (b) of subsection 9
10 of NRS 656.030. 10
3. If a certified court reporter holds both a certificate of 11
registration as a court reporter and a certificate of registration as 12
a legal video recorder, the person shall not perform both functions 13
simultaneously during the same proceeding. 14
Sec. 4. 1. Any person who is not a party to a proceeding 15
may request a copy of a transcript or video record media of the 16
proceeding from the certified court reporter or court reporting 17
firm with possession of the transcript or video record media. 18
2. Upon receipt of a request described in subsection 1, the 19
certified court reporter or court reporting firm shall notify each 20
party to the proceeding or the attorney of each party to the 21
proceeding of the following: 22
(a) That a copy of the transcript or video record media of the 23
proceeding is being sought by a third-party requester; and 24
(b) The name of the third-party requester. 25
3. If the request is for a copy of the transcript or video record 26
media: 27
(a) Of the testimony of an expert witness, unless a court order 28
prohibiting the provision of the transcript or video record media to 29
the third-party requester is served on the certified court reporter or 30
court reporting firm, not later than 60 days after providing the 31
notification described in subsection 2 the certified court reporter 32
or court reporting firm shall, upon receipt of a reasonable fee 33
prescribed pursuant to subsection 4, provide a copy of the 34
requested transcript or video record media to the third-party 35
requester. 36
(b) Other than of the testimony of an expert witness, any party 37
to the proceeding may object to the provision of the transcript or 38
video record media, not later than 60 days after receipt of the 39
notification described in subsection 2, by providing written notice 40
to the certified court reporter or court reporting firm, each party to 41
the proceeding or the attorney of each party and the third-party 42
requester. If a party objects pursuant to this paragraph, the 43
certified court reporter or court reporting firm shall not provide a 44
copy of the requested transcript or video record media to the 45
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third-party requester unless a court order authorizing the 1
provision of the transcript or video record media to the third-party 2
requester is served on the certified court reporter or court 3
reporting firm and the third-party requester pays a reasonable fee 4
prescribed pursuant to subsection 4. 5
4. The third-party requester must pay to the certified court 6
reporter or court reporting firm a reasonable fee prescribed by the 7
certified court reporter or court reporting firm before the 8
furnishing of any copy of a transcript or video record media which 9
is authorized pursuant to this section. 10
5. The Board shall adopt regulations which address the 11
redaction of confidential information from any transcript or video 12
record media before a copy is provided to a third-party requester. 13
6. As used in this section: 14
(a) “Litigation” means: 15
(1) Any suit at law or in equity; or 16
(2) Any arbitration that is subject to judicial review. 17
(b) “Proceeding” means any hearing or other matter that is 18
conducted or considered during litigation, including, without 19
limitation: 20
(1) Any final decision of an agency that is subject to 21
judicial review pursuant to chapter 233B of NRS; 22
(2) Any examination, deposition or other hearing relating 23
to discovery as provided by statute or the Nevada Rules of Civil 24
Procedure; and 25
(3) Any other matters subject to judicial review. 26
Sec. 5. NRS 656.030 is hereby amended to read as follows: 27
656.030 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise 28
requires: 29
1. “Board” means the Certified Court Reporters’ Board of 30
Nevada. 31
2. “Business entity” means any form of business organization, 32
including, without limitation, a corporation, partnership, sole 33
proprietorship, limited-liability company or limited-liability 34
partnership. The term does not include a natural person or 35
governmental entity. 36
3. “Certificate” means a [certified] certificate of registration as 37
a court [reporter’s] reporter or a certificate of registration as a 38
legal video recorder issued under the provisions of this chapter. 39
4. “Certified court reporter” means a natural person who is 40
technically qualified [and registered] under this chapter to practice 41
court reporting [.] and who holds a certificate of registration as a 42
court reporter or a certificate of registration as a legal video 43
recorder. 44
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5. “Court reporting firm” means a business entity that, for 1
compensation, provides or arranges for the services of a certified 2
court reporter or provides referral services for certified court 3
reporters in this State. 4
6. “Designated representative of a court reporting firm” means 5
the natural person designated to act as the representative of a court 6
reporting firm pursuant to NRS 656.186. 7
7. “Distance education program” means a program that offers 8
instruction which is delivered by the Internet in such a manner that 9
the natural person supervising or providing the instruction and the 10
natural person receiving the instruction are separated geographically 11
for a majority of the time during which the instruction is delivered. 12
8. “License” means a license issued under the provisions of 13
this chapter to conduct business as a court reporting firm. 14
9. “Licensee” means a business entity to which a license has 15
been issued. 16
10. “Practice of court reporting” means [reporting,] : 17
(a) Reporting, in this State, by the use of voice writing or any 18
system of manual or mechanical shorthand writing: 19
[(a)] (1) Grand jury proceedings; 20
[(b)] (2) Court proceedings, with the exception of proceedings 21
before a federal court; 22
[(c)] (3) Pretrial examinations, depositions, motions and related 23
proceedings of like character; or 24
[(d)] (4) Proceedings of any agency if the final decision of the 25
agency with reference thereto is subject to judicial review [.] ; or 26
(b) Video recording in this State by the use of video cameras or 27
any system of recording simultaneous audio and video, a 28
proceeding described in subparagraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of 29
paragraph (a). 30
11. “Stenographic notes” means: 31
(a) The original manually or mechanically produced notes in 32
shorthand or shorthand writing taken by a certified court reporter 33
while in attendance at a proceeding to report the proceeding; or 34
(b) The record produced by the use of voice writing by a 35
certified court reporter while in attendance at a proceeding. 36
12. “Voice writing” means the making of a verbatim record of 37
a proceeding by repeating the words of the speaker into a device that 38
is capable of: 39
(a) Digitally translating the words into text; or 40
(b) Making a tape or digital recording of those words. 41
The term includes, without limitation, stenomasking, verbatim 42
reporting and other similar titles. 43
13. “Video record media” means the video record or digital 44
recording taken of a proceeding described in subparagraphs (1) to 45
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(4), inclusive, of paragraph (a) of subsection 10 by a certified 1
court reporter who holds a certificate as a legal video recorder. 2
Sec. 6. NRS 656.145 is hereby amended to read as follows: 3
656.145 It is unlawful for any natural person to practice court 4
reporting or to advertise or use any identifying term that may 5
indicate to the public that the natural person is entitled to practice as 6
a court reporter unless the natural person holds a certificate of 7
registration [as a certified court reporter] issued by the Board. 8
Sec. 7. NRS 656.150 is hereby amended to read as follows: 9
656.150 1. Each applicant for a certificate must file an 10
application with the Executive Secretary of the Board at least 30 11
days before the date fixed for examination. The application must be 12
accompanied by the required fee and all information required to 13
complete the application. 14
2. No certificate may be issued until the applicant has: 15
(a) Passed the examination prescribed by the Board; 16
(b) [Passed] For a certificate of registration as a court 17
reporter, passed one of the examinations described in paragraph (b) 18
of subsection 2 of NRS 656.170; and 19
(c) Paid the fee as provided in NRS 656.220. 20
Sec. 8. NRS 656.160 is hereby amended to read as follows: 21
656.160 1. Every person who files an application for an 22
original certificate must personally appear before the Board for an 23
examination and the answering of such questions as may be 24
prepared by the Board to enable it to determine the trustworthiness 25
of the applicant and his or her competency to engage in the practice 26
of court reporting in such a manner as to safeguard the interests of 27
the public. 28
2. In determining competency, the Board shall administer an 29
examination to determine whether the applicant has: 30
(a) For a certificate of registration as a court reporter: 31
(1) A good understanding of the English language, including 32
reading, spelling, vocabulary, and medical and legal terminology; 33
and 34
[(b)] (2) A clear understanding of the obligations owed by a 35
court reporter to the parties in any reported proceedings and the 36
obligations created by the provisions of this chapter and any 37
regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter. 38
(b) For a certificate of registration as a legal video recorder: 39
(1) A good understanding of taking and producing video 40
record media of proceedings; and 41
(2) A clear understanding of the obligations owed by a legal 42
video recorder to the parties in any video-recorded proceeding and 43
the obligations created by the provisions of this chapter and any 44
regulation adopted pursuant thereto. 45
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Sec. 9. NRS 656.170 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
656.170 1. Examinations must be held not less than twice a 2
year at such times and places as the Board may designate. 3
2. No natural person may be admitted to the examination 4
unless the natural person first applies to the Board as required by 5
NRS 656.150. The application must include, without limitation, 6
satisfactory evidence to the Board that the applicant has, at the time 7
of filing his or her application: 8
(a) Satisfied the requirements set forth in subsections 1 to 4, 9
inclusive, of NRS 656.180; 10
(b) For a certificate of registration as a court reporter: 11
(1) Received a passing grade on: 12
[(1)] (I) The National Court Reporters Association’s 13
examination for registered professional reporters; or 14
[(2)] (II) The National Verbatim Reporters Association’s 15
examination for certified verbatim reporters; 16
[(c)] (2) Received one of the following: 17
[(1)] (I) A certificate as a registered professional reporter 18
issued to the applicant by the National Court Reporters Association; 19
[(2)] (II) A certificate as a registered merit reporter issued to 20
the applicant by the National Court Reporters Association; 21
[(3)] (III) A certificate as a certified verbatim reporter issued 22
to the applicant by the National Verbatim Reporters Association; or 23
[(4)] (IV) A valid certificate or license to practice court 24
reporting issued to the applicant by another state if the requirements 25
for certification or licensure in that state are substantially equivalent 26
to the requirements of this State for obtaining a certificate; 27
[(d)] (3) Either: 28
[(1)] (I) At least 1 year of continuous experience within the 5 29
years immediately preceding the application, in the practice of court 30
reporting or producing verbatim records of meetings and 31
conferences by the use of voice writing or any system of manual or 32
mechanical shorthand writing and transcribing those records; or 33
[(2)] (II) Obtained in the 12 months immediately preceding 34
the application, a certificate of satisfactory completion of a 35
prescribed course of study from a court reporting program that, as 36
determined by the Board, evidences a proficiency substantially 37
equivalent to [subparagraph (1);] sub-subparagraph (I); and 38
[(e)] (c) Paid the fee for filing an application for an examination 39
set forth in NRS 656.220. 40
3. As used in this section, “practice of court reporting” includes 41
reporting by use of voice writing or any system of manual or 42
mechanical shorthand writing, regardless of the state in which the 43
reporting took place. 44
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Sec. 10. NRS 656.180 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1
656.180 An applicant for a certificate of registration [as a 2
certified court reporter] is entitled to a certificate if the applicant: 3
1. Is at least 18 years of age; 4
2. Is of good moral character; 5
3. Has not been convicted of a felony relating to the practice of 6
court reporting; 7
4. Has a high school education or its equivalent; 8
5. Satisfactorily passes: 9
(a) An examination administered by the Board pursuant to NRS 10
656.160; and 11
(b) [One] For a certificate of registration as a court reporter, 12
one of the examinations described in paragraph (b) of subsection 2 13
of NRS 656.170; 14
6. Pays the requisite fees; and 15
7. Submits all information required to complete an application 16
for a certificate of registration. 17
Sec. 11. NRS 656.185 is hereby amended to read as follows: 18
656.185 1. It is unlawful for any business entity to conduct 19
business as a court reporting firm or to advertise or use any 20
identifying term that may indicate to members of the public that the 21
business entity is entitled to conduct such a business without first 22
obtaining a license from the Board. 23
2. Each applicant for a license as a court reporting firm must 24
file an application with the Executive Secretary of the Board on a 25
form prescribed by the Board. 26
3. The application must: 27
(a) Include the federal identification number of the applicant; 28
(b) Include the name of the natural person who will be 29
appointed as the designated representative of the court reporting 30
firm and such other identifying information about that natural 31
person as required by the Board; 32
(c) Be accompanied by the required fee; and 33
(d) Include all information required to complete the application. 34
4. To obtain a license pursuant to this section, an applicant 35
need not hold a certificate of registration [as a certified court 36
reporter.] issued by the Board. 37
Sec. 12. NRS 656.250 is hereby amended to read as follows: 38
656.250 The Board may refuse to issue or renew or may 39
suspend or revoke any certificate or license if the certified court 40
reporter, including a designated representative of a court reporting 41
firm if he or she holds a certificate, in performing or attempting to 42
perform or pretending to perform any act as a certified court reporter 43
has: 44
1. Willfully failed to [take] : 45
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(a) Take full and accurate stenographic notes of any 1
proceedings; or 2
(b) Provide full and accurate video record media of any 3
proceedings; 4
2. Willfully altered any stenographic notes or video record 5
media taken at any proceedings; 6
3. Willfully failed accurately to transcribe verbatim any 7
stenographic notes taken at any proceedings; 8
4. Willfully altered a transcript of stenographic notes taken at 9
any proceedings; 10
5. Affixed his or her signature to any transcript of his or her 11
stenographic notes or certified to the correctness of such a transcript 12
unless the transcript was prepared by the certified court reporter or 13
was prepared under the certified court reporter’s immediate 14
supervision; 15
6. Demonstrated unworthiness or incompetency to act as a 16
certified court reporter in such a manner as to safeguard the interests 17
of the public; 18
7. Professionally associated with or loaned his or her name to 19
another for the illegal practice by another of court reporting, or 20
professionally associated with any natural person or business entity 21
holding itself out in any manner contrary to the provisions of this 22
chapter; 23
8. Habitually been intemperate in the use of intoxicating liquor 24
or controlled substances; 25
9. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 10, willfully 26
violated any of the provisions of this chapter or the regulations 27
adopted by the Board to enforce this chapter; 28
10. Violated any regulation adopted by the Board relating to: 29
(a) Unprofessional conduct; 30
(b) Agreements for the provision of ongoing services as a 31
certified court reporter or ongoing services which relate to the 32
practice of court reporting; 33
(c) The avoidance of a conflict of interest; or 34
(d) The performance of the practice of court reporting in a 35
uniform, fair and impartial manner and avoiding the appearance of 36
impropriety; 37
11. Failed within a reasonable time to provide information 38
requested by the Board as the result of a formal or informal 39
complaint to the Board, which would indicate a violation of this 40
chapter; or 41
12. Failed without excuse to transcribe stenographic notes or 42
provide video record media of a proceeding and file or deliver to an 43
ordering party a transcript of the stenographic notes [:] or video 44
record media: 45
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(a) Within the time required by law or agreed to by verbal or 1
written contract; 2
(b) Within a reasonable time required for filing the transcript [;] 3
or providing the video record media; or 4
(c) Within a reasonable time required for delivery of the 5
transcript [.] or video record media. 6
Sec. 13. NRS 656.310 is hereby amended to read as follows: 7
656.310 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, 8
each natural person to whom a valid existing certificate of 9
registration as a [certified] court reporter has been issued under this 10
chapter: 11
(a) Must be designated as a certified court reporter; 12
(b) May, in connection with his or her practice of court 13
reporting, use the abbreviation “C.C.R.”; and 14
(c) Shall not, in connection with his or her practice of court 15
reporting, use the abbreviation [“C.C.R.-V.”;] : 16
(1) “C.C.R.-V.”; or 17
(2) “C.C.R.-L.V.R.”, unless the person also holds an 18
applicable certificate pursuant to subsection 3. 19
2. Each natural person to whom a valid existing certificate of 20
registration as a [certified] court reporter has been issued under this 21
chapter and who has only passed the portion of the examination 22
required pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 656.170 23
through the use of voice writing: 24
(a) Must be designated as a certified court reporter-voice writer; 25
(b) May, in connection with his or her practice of court 26
reporting, use the abbreviation “C.C.R.-V.”; 27
(c) Shall not, in connection with his or her practice of court 28
reporting, use the abbreviation [“C.C.R.”;] : 29
(1) “C.C.R.”; or 30
(2) “C.C.R.-L.V.R.”, unless the person also holds an 31
applicable certificate pursuant to subsection 3; and 32
(d) Shall engage in the [practice] the practices described in 33
paragraph (a) of [court reporting] subsection 10 of NRS 656.030 34
only through the use of voice writing. 35
3. Each natural person to whom a valid existing certificate of 36
registration as a legal video recorder has been issued under this 37
chapter: 38
(a) Must be designated as a certified court reporter-legal video 39
recorder; 40
(b) May, in connection with his or her practice of court 41
reporting, use the abbreviation “C.C.R.-L.V.R.”; and 42
(c) Shall not, in connection with his or her practice of court 43
reporting, use the abbreviation “C.C.R.” or “C.C.R.-V.” unless the 44
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person also holds an applicable certificate pursuant to subsection 1
1 or 2. 2
4. No natural person other than the holder of a valid existing 3
certificate of registration under this chapter may use the title or 4
designation of “certified court reporter,” “certified court reporter-5
voice writer,” “certified court reporter-legal video recorder,” 6
“C.C.R.” [or “C.C.R.-V.,”] , “C.C.R.-V.” or “C.C.R.-L.V.R.,” 7
either directly or indirectly, in connection with his or her profession 8
or business. 9
[4.] 5. Every certified court reporter shall place the number of 10
the certificate: 11
(a) On the cover page and certificate page of all transcripts of 12
proceedings [;] or label placed on any video record media; and 13
(b) On all business cards. 14
Sec. 14. NRS 656.335 is hereby amended to read as follows: 15
656.335 A certified court reporter shall retain his or her notes, 16
whether or not transcribed, or his or her video record media, 17
whether or not ordered by any party to the proceeding in which the 18
video record was made, for 8 years if they concern any matter 19
subject to judicial review. These notes or video record media must 20
be kept in a manner which is reasonably secure against theft, 21
tampering or accidental destruction. 22
Sec. 15. NRS 656.345 is hereby amended to read as follows: 23
656.345 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a 24
certified court reporter or licensee shall not alter the record of a 25
proceeding after the transcript of the proceeding has been certified , 26
or alter the original video record media of a proceeding after the 27
video record media has been certified, unless: 28
(a) Each party to the proceeding stipulates to the alteration; or 29
(b) The judge or arbiter presiding over the proceeding orders the 30
alteration. 31
2. A licensee may, upon receiving a transcript from a certified 32
court reporter for the purposes of reproducing and distributing the 33
transcript, make typographical, clerical or other similar 34
nonsubstantive alterations to the transcript if the licensee notifies the 35
certified court reporter who certified the transcript of the proposed 36
alterations and receives the approval of the certified court reporter 37
for each alteration. 38
Sec. 16. NRS 3.370 is hereby amended to read as follows: 39
3.370 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, for his 40
or her services the official reporter or reporter pro tempore is 41
entitled to the following compensation: 42
(a) For being available to report civil and criminal testimony and 43
proceedings when the court is sitting during traditional business 44
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hours on any day except Saturday or Sunday, [$250] $300 per day, 1
to be paid by the county as provided in subsection 4. 2
(b) For being available to report civil and criminal testimony 3
and proceedings when the court is sitting beyond traditional 4
business hours or on Saturday or Sunday: 5
(1) If the reporter has been available to report for at least 4 6
hours, [$35] $50 per hour for each hour of availability; or 7
(2) If the reporter has been available to report for fewer than 8
4 hours, a pro rata amount based on the daily rate set forth in 9
paragraph (a), 10
to be paid by the county as provided in subsection 4. 11
(c) For transcription: 12
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (2), for the 13
original draft and any copy to be delivered: 14
(I) Within 24 hours after it is requested, [$8.03] $9 per 15
page for the original draft and one copy, and [$3.62] $3.75 per page 16
for each additional copy; 17
(II) Within 48 hours after it is requested, $6.01 per page 18
for the original draft and one copy, and $2.72 per page for each 19
additional copy; 20
(III) Within 4 days after it is requested, $5.01 per page for 21
the original draft and one copy, and $2.26 per page for each 22
additional copy; or 23
(IV) More than 4 days after it is requested, $3.80 per page 24
for the original draft and one copy, and $1.00 per page for each 25
additional copy. 26
(2) For civil litigants who are ordering the original draft and 27
are represented by a nonprofit legal corporation or a program for pro 28
bono legal assistance, for the original draft and any copy to be 29
delivered: 30
(I) Within 24 hours after it is requested, $5.50 per page 31
and $1.10 per page for each additional copy; 32
(II) Within 48 hours after it is requested, $4.13 per page 33
and 83 cents per page for each additional copy; 34
(III) Within 4 days after it is requested, $3.44 per page 35
and 69 cents per page for each additional copy; or 36
(IV) More than 4 days after it is requested, $2.75 per page 37
and 55 cents per page for each additional copy. 38
(3) For any party other than the party ordering the original 39
draft, for the copy of the draft to be delivered: 40
(I) Within 24 hours after it is requested, $1.10 per page; 41
(II) Within 48 hours after it is requested, 83 cents per 42
page; 43
(III) Within 4 days after it is requested, 69 cents per page; 44
or 45
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(IV) More than 4 days after it is requested, 55 cents per 1
page. 2
(d) For reporting all civil matters, in addition to the 3
compensation provided in paragraphs (a) and (b), $40 for each hour 4
or fraction thereof actually spent, to be taxed as costs pursuant to 5
subsection 5. 6
(e) For providing an instantaneous translation of testimony into 7
English which appears on a computer that is located at a table in the 8
courtroom where the attorney who requested the translation is 9
seated: 10
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, in all 11
criminal matters in which a party requests such a translation, in 12
addition to the compensation provided pursuant to paragraphs (a) 13
and (b), $140 for the first day and $90 per day for each subsequent 14
day from the party who makes the request. This additional 15
compensation must be paid by the county as provided pursuant to 16
subsection 4 only if the court issues an order granting the translation 17
service to the prosecuting attorney or to an indigent defendant who 18
is represented by a county or state public defender. 19
(2) In all civil matters in which a party requests such a 20
translation, in addition to the compensation provided pursuant to 21
paragraphs (a), (b) and (d), $140 for the first day and $90 per day 22
for each subsequent day, to be paid by the party who requests the 23
translation. 24
(f) For providing a diskette containing testimony prepared from 25
a translation provided pursuant to paragraph (e): 26
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, in all 27
criminal matters in which a party requests the diskette and the 28
reporter agrees to provide the diskette, in addition to the 29
compensation provided pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and (e), 30
$1.50 per page of the translation contained on the diskette from the 31
party who makes the request. This additional compensation must be 32
paid by the county as provided pursuant to subsection 4 only if the 33
court issues an order granting the diskette to the prosecuting 34
attorney or to an indigent defendant who is represented by a county 35
or state public defender. 36
(2) In all civil matters in which a party requests the diskette 37
and the reporter agrees to provide the diskette, in addition to the 38
compensation provided pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b), (d) and (e), 39
$1.50 per page of the translation contained on the diskette, to be 40
paid by the party who requests the diskette. 41
2. For the purposes of subsection 1, a page is a sheet of paper 8 42
1/2 by 11 inches and does not include a condensed transcript. The 43
left margin must not be more than 1 1/2 inches from the left edge of 44
the paper. The right margin must not be more than three-fourths of 45
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an inch from the right edge of the paper. Each sheet must be 1
numbered on the left margin and must contain at least 24 lines of 2
type. The first line of each question and of each answer may be 3
indented not more than five spaces from the left margin. The first 4
line of any paragraph or other material may be indented not more 5
than 10 spaces from the left margin. There must not be more than 6
one space between words or more than two spaces between 7
sentences. The type size must not be larger than 10 characters per 8
inch. The lines of type may be double spaced or one and one-half 9
spaced. 10
3. If the court determines that the services of more than one 11
reporter are necessary to deliver transcripts on a daily basis in a 12
criminal proceeding, each reporter is entitled to receive: 13
(a) The compensation set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of 14
subsection 1 and subparagraph (1) of paragraph (e) of subsection 1, 15
as appropriate; and 16
(b) Compensation of $7.50 per page for the original draft and 17
one copy, and $2 per page for each additional copy for transcribing 18
a proceeding of which the transcripts are ordered by the court to be 19
delivered on or before the start of the next day the court is scheduled 20
to conduct business. 21
4. The compensation specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of 22
subsection 1, the compensation for transcripts in criminal cases 23
ordered by the court to be made, the compensation for transcripts in 24
civil cases ordered by the court pursuant to NRS 12.015, the 25
compensation for transcripts for parents or guardians or attorneys of 26
parents or guardians who receive transcripts pursuant to NRS 27
432B.459, the compensation in criminal cases that is ordered by the 28
court pursuant to subparagraph (1) of paragraph (e) and 29
subparagraph (1) of paragraph (f) of subsection 1 and the 30
compensation specified in subsection 3 must be paid out of the 31
county treasury upon the order of the court. When there is no 32
official reporter in attendance and a reporter pro tempore is 33
appointed, his or her reasonable expenses for traveling and detention 34
must be fixed and allowed by the court and paid in the same 35
manner. The respective district judges may, with the approval of the 36
respective board or boards of county commissioners within the 37
judicial district, fix a monthly salary to be paid to the official 38
reporter in lieu of per diem. The salary, and also actual traveling 39
expenses in cases where the reporter acts in more than one county, 40
must be prorated by the judge on the basis of time consumed by 41
work in the respective counties and must be paid out of the 42
respective county treasuries upon the order of the court. 43
5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, in civil cases, 44
the compensation prescribed in paragraph (d) of subsection 1 and 45
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for transcripts ordered by the court to be made must be paid by the 1
parties in equal proportions, and either party may, at the party’s 2
option, pay the entire compensation. In either case, all amounts so 3
paid by the party to whom costs are awarded must be taxed as costs 4
in the case. The compensation for transcripts and copies ordered by 5
the parties must be paid by the party ordering them. No reporter may 6
be required to perform any service in a civil case until his or her 7
compensation has been paid to him or her. 8
6. Where a transcript is ordered by the court or by any party, 9
the compensation for the transcript must be paid to the reporter 10
before the furnishing of the transcript. 11
Sec. 17. 1. Notwithstanding the amendatory provisions of 12
this act: 13
(a) A natural person who, on or before December 31, 2025, is 14
engaged in video recording, as described in subsection 10 of NRS 15
656.030, as amended by section 5 of this act, may continue to 16
engage in such video recording without obtaining a certificate of 17
registration as a legal video recorder issued pursuant to chapter 656 18
of NRS until July 1, 2026, or such other date as the Board may 19
prescribe by regulation. 20
(b) A business entity that, on or before December 31, 2025, 21
provides or arranges for the services of a person engaged in video 22
recording, as described in subsection 10 of NRS 656.030, as 23
amended by section 5 of this act, or provides referral services for 24
persons engaged in such video recording may continue to engage in 25
those activities without a license issued pursuant to chapter 656 of 26
NRS until July 1, 2026, or such other date as the Board may 27
prescribe by regulation. 28
2. As used in this section, “Board” means the Certified Court 29
Reporters’ Board of Nevada. 30
Sec. 18. 1. This section becomes effective upon passage and 31
approval. 32
2. Sections 1 to 17, inclusive, of this act become effective: 33
(a) Upon passage and approval for the purpose of adopting any 34
regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative 35
tasks that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; and 36
(b) On January 1, 2026, for all other purposes. 37
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