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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 230 By: Jett
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to court reporters; amending 20 O.S.
66	66	2021, Section 106.4, as amended by Section 1, Chapter
67	67	100, O.S.L. 2023 (20 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 106.4),
68	68	which relates to transcripts; updating statutory
69	69	language; eliminating charge for certain transcripts;
70	70	and providing an effective date .
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75	75	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
76	76	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 20 O.S. 2021, Section 106.4, as
77	77	amended by Section 1, Chapter 100, O.S.L. 2023 (20 O.S. Supp. 2024,
78	78	Section 106.4), is amended to read as follows:
79	79	Section 106.4. A. 1. The court reporter shall make a full
80	80	reporting by means of stenograph ic hand, steno-mask or machine
81	81	notes, or a combination thereof, of all proceedings, including the
82	82	statements of counsel and the court and the evidence, in trials and
83	83	other judicial proceedings to which the court reporter is assigned
84	84	by the appointing judge unless excused by the judge who is trying
85	85	the case with the consent of the pa rties to the action. Nothing
86	86	herein contained in this section shall be construed to authorize the
87	87	certification of persons as certified shorthand reporters who rely
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139	139	exclusively upon the steno-mask for reporting judicial proceedings,
140	140	except as provided by law. A refusal of the court to permit or to
141	141	require any statement to be taken down by the court reporter or
142	142	transcribed after being taken down, upon the same being shown by
143	143	affidavit or other direct and competent evidence, to the Supreme
144	144	Court, or other appellate court, shall constitute a denial of due
145	145	process of law. The court reporter may use an electronic instrument
146	146	as a supplementary device.
147	147	2. In any trial, hearing or proc eedings, if no court reporter
148	148	is available to the assigned judge:
149	149	a. the judge before whom the matter is being heard may
150	150	order the proceedings electronically recorded and a
151	151	trial or proceedings may proceed without the necessity
152	152	of a court reporter being pr esent. Provided that if
153	153	an official transcript is ordered then it shall be
154	154	prepared by the official court reporter, or
155	155	b. with approval of the judge, the parties may stipulate
156	156	to the use of a freelance reporter and share the cost.
157	157	If ordered, the transcr ipt shall be prepared by the
158	158	approved reporter and shall be considered the official
159	159	transcript for all purposes.
160	160	B. Upon request of either party in a civil or criminal case,
161	161	the reporter shall transcribe the proceedings in a trial or other
162	162	judicial proceeding, or so much thereof as may be requested by the
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214	214	party, certify to the corr ectness of the transcript, and deliver the
215	215	same in accordance with the rules of the Supreme Court. The fee for
216	216	A certified copy of an original transcript shall be set by the
217	217	Supreme Court. Two copies of the original transcript shall be
218	218	furnished by the court to all parties without additional charge.
219	219	Each page shall be at least twenty -five lines to the page and typed
220	220	no fewer than nine characters to the typed inch. Each page sh all be
221	221	no more than double spaced and the margin on the left side of the
222	222	page shall be no more than one and one -half (1 1/2) inches and the
223	223	margin on the right side of the page shall be no more than one -half
224	224	(1/2) inch from the edge of the paper. The form at for all
225	225	transcripts shall be prescribed by the Supreme Court. The court
226	226	reporter fees for making the transcript shall be paid in the first
227	227	instance by the party requesting the transcript and shall be taxed
228	228	as costs in the suit.
229	229	When the judge on his or her own motion orders a transcript of
230	230	the reporter’s notes, the judge may dir ect the payment of charges
231	231	and the taxation of the charges as costs in such manner as the court
232	232	deems appropriate. In a criminal action, if the defendant shall
233	233	present to the judge an affidavit that the defendant intends in good
234	234	faith to take an appeal in the case and that a transcript of the
235	235	reporter’s notes is necessary to enable the defendant to prosecute
236	236	the appeal, and that he or she has not the means to pay for the
237	237	transcript, the court, upon finding that there is reasonable basis
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289	289	for the averment, shall order the transcript made at the expense of
290	290	the district court fund. The format preparation, delivery and
291	291	filing of transcripts to be used in civil and criminal appeals may
292	292	be regulated by the Supreme Court.
293	293	C. The court reporter shall file his or her records of the
294	294	evidence and the proceedings taken in any case with the clerk of the
295	295	court in which the case was tried.
296	296	D. To the extent that it does not substantially interfe re with
297	297	the court reporter’s other official duties, the judge by whom a
298	298	reporter is employed or to whom he or she is assigned may assign a
299	299	reporter to secretarial or clerical duties arising out of official
300	300	court operations.
301	301	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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