Judicial Council of California - Meeting of Judicial Council on 9/24/2019 at 9:00 AM

19-172

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-172
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Minutes
Title: Minutes of July 18-19, 2019, and August 9, 2019, Judicial Council meetings
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-173

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-173
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Information Only (no action required)
Title: Administrative Director’s Report
Action:
Result:

19-174

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-174
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Information Only (no action required)
Title: Judicial Council Committee Reports
Action:
Result:

19-223

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-223
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Information Only (no action required)
Title: Superior Court of Contra Costa County
Action:
Result:

19-222

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-222
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Information Only (no action required)
Title: Superior Court of Los Angeles County
Action:
Result:

19-177

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-177
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Budget Proposal
Title: Allocations and Reimbursements to Trial Courts | Extension on Receipt of Children’s Waiting Room Funds During Temporary Closure (Action Required)
Action:
Result:

19-211

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-211
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Budget Proposal
Title: Allocations and Reimbursements to Trial Courts | Reallocation of Unspent Funds for V3 Case Management System Replacement (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-170

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-170
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Budget Proposal
Title: Collaborative Justice | Recommended Allocations of Fiscal Year 2019-20 Substance Abuse Focus Grants (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-207

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-207
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Other Proposal
Title: Court Facilities | Naming Request for the New Civil Courthouse in Menifee (Riverside) (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-208

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-208
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Other Proposal
Title: Court Facilities | Naming Request for the New Main Courthouse in Santa Rosa (Sonoma) (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-097

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-097
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Budget Proposal
Title: Equal Access Fund | Distribution of Funds for Partnership Grants and IOLTA-Formula Grants (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-171

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-171
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Other Proposal
Title: Judicial Branch Administration | Judicial Branch Contracting Manual (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-221

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-221
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Other Proposal
Title: Judicial Branch Administration | Power of Democracy Steering Committee Charge (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-185

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-185
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Other Proposal
Title: Jury Instructions | Revisions to Criminal Jury Instructions (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-139

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-139
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Report to Legislature
Title: Report to the Legislature | California Community Corrections Performance Incentives Act of 2009 (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-079

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-079
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Report to Legislature
Title: Report to the Legislature | Revenue Collected for Fiscal Year 2018-19 (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-181

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-181
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR): Mediation Confidentiality Disclosures Under Senate Bill 954 (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-157

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-157
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Appellate Procedure: Advisement of Appellate Rights in Juvenile Cases (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-167

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-167
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Appellate Procedure: Form of Filed Documents in the Appellate Division (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-169

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-169
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Appellate Procedure: Notice of Appeal and the Record in Civil Commitment Cases (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-159

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-159
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Appellate Procedure: Oral Argument in Appellate Division Appeals (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-165

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-165
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Appellate Procedure: Service Copy of Petition for Review (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-164

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-164
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Appellate Procedure: Uniform Formatting Rules for Electronic Documents (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-160

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-160
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Appellate Procedure: Word Limits for Petitions for Rehearing in Unlimited Civil Cases (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-187

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-187
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Civil Practice and Procedures: Case Management Rules (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-188

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-188
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Civil Practice and Procedure: Separate Statements for Discovery Motions (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-210

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-210
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Criminal Procedure: Diversion for Incompetent Defendants and Posttrial Hearings on Competency (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-192

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-192
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Criminal Procedure: Immigration Consequences Advisement on Plea Forms (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-193

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-193
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Criminal Procedure: Interpreter’s Statement on Judicial Council Forms (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-213

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-213
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Criminal Procedure: Motion and Order to Vacate Conviction or Sentence (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-194

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-194
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Criminal Procedure: Petition for Resentencing (Military) (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-214

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-214
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Criminal Procedure: Proof of Service in Criminal Record Clearing Requests (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-120

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-120
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Criminal Procedure: Vacatur Relief for Human Trafficking Victims (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-155

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-155
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Electronic Filing and Service (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-166

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-166
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Family Law: Certification of Statewide Uniform Guideline Support Calculators (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-178

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-178
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Family Law: Changes to Continuance Rules and Forms (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-218

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-218
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Family Law: Changes to Parentage Rules and Forms (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-217

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-217
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Family Law: Duty of Judge Hearing Matter Under Family Code Sections 4521(a) and 4252(b)(7) (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-199

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-199
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Family Law: Legislative Addition of New Category of Child Custody Evaluator (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-216

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-216
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Family Law: Registration of Support Order (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-200

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-200
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Family Law: Rule and Forms for Minor to Marry or Establish a Domestic Partnership (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-197

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-197
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Graduated Filing Fee in Estate Administration Proceedings (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-195

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-195
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA): Implementation of Assembly Bill 3176 for Indian Children (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-179

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-179
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Juvenile Law: Competency (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-203

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-203
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Juvenile Law: Legal Accuracy of Forms (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-168

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-168
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Juvenile Law: Out-of-County Placements (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-201

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-201
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Juvenile Law: Sealing of Records (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-202

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-202
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Juvenile Law: Transfer of Jurisdiction to Criminal Court (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-191

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-191
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Miscellaneous Technical Changes (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-196

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-196
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Notices of Hearings in Probate Proceedings (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-189

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-189
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Protective Orders: Alternative Service in Domestic Violence Prevention Act Cases (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-198

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-198
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Probate Conservatorship and Guardianship: Accounting (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-220

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-220
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Probate Conservatorship and Guardianship: Qualifications and Education of Appointed Counsel (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-180

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-180
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Protective Orders: New Forms for Protecting Minors’ Information (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-190

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-190
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Protective Orders: Revisions to Continuance Forms (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-156

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-156
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Remote Access to Electronic Records by Government Entities (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-186

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-186
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Small Claims: Information About Court Interpreters (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-215

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-215
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Technical Changes Required by Sunsetting of Family Code Section 4007.5 (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-176

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-176
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Budget Proposal
Title: Trial Court Budget | 2018-19 Preliminary One-Time Reduction for Fund Balances Above the 1 Percent Cap (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-147

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-147
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Budget Proposal
Title: Trial Court Budget | Allocation Methodology for Cannabis Convictions Resentencing Funding (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-212

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-212
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Budget Proposal
Title: Trial Court Budget | Reporting Requirement for Trial Court Trust Fund and State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund Encumbrances (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-161

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-161
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Budget Proposal
Title: Trial Court Budget | Trial Court Financial Policies and Procedures Manual Encumbrance Guidelines (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-098

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:55 GMT

File #: 19-098
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Budget Proposal
Title: Trial Court Budget | Trial Court Trust Fund Funds Held on Behalf of the Trial Courts (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-068

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-068
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Rule/Form Proposal
Title: Rules and Forms | Court Interpreters: California Court Interpreter Credential Review Procedures (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-175

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-175
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Other Proposal
Title: Language Access Plan | Signage and Technology Grants (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-083

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-083
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Other Proposal
Title: Judicial Workload Assessment | 2018 Judicial Workload Study Updated Caseweights (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-206

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-206
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Budget Proposal
Title: Trial Court Budget | Policy for Courts that Exceed 100 Percent of Workload Formula Funding (Action Required)
Action: approved
Result: Pass

19-140

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-140
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Other Proposal
Title: Judicial Branch Education | Update on Judicial Diversity Toolkit (No Action Required)
Action:
Result:

19-084

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-084
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Other Proposal
Title: Court Innovations Grant Program Project Presentation (No Action Required. There are no materials for this item.)
Action:
Result:

19-096

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-096
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Information Only (no action required)
Title: Judicial Branch Budget | Quarterly Report on the Court Innovations Grant Program, Fiscal Year 2018-19, Quarter 4
Action:
Result:

19-163

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-163
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Information Only (no action required)
Title: Judicial Branch Education | Report on Compliance with Education Rules for Justices and Judges
Action:
Result:

19-095

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-095
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Report to Legislature
Title: Report to the Legislature | Cash Flow Loans Made to Courts in 2018-19
Action:
Result:

19-162

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-162
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Report to Legislature
Title: Report to the Legislature | Semiannual Report on Contracts for the Judicial Branch for the Reporting Period of January 1 through June 30, 2019
Action:
Result:

19-094

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-094
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Information Only (no action required)
Title: Trial Courts | Annual Investment Report for Fiscal Year 2018-19
Action:
Result:

19-209

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:29:56 GMT

File #: 19-209
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Appointment Order
Title: Appointment Orders since the last business meeting.
Action:
Result: