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Meeting Name: Judicial Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/18/2025 10:05 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: San Francisco
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Not available Meeting Extra3: Captured Captioning Captured Captioning  
Meeting video: eComment: Not available  
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    CLOSED SESSION (RULE 10.6(b))—PLANNING, PERSONNEL, AND DISCUSSION PROTECTED BY THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE Not available
    OPEN SESSION (RULE 10.6(a))—MEETING AGENDA Not available
    Attendance Not available
    Council Members Not available
    Call to Order Video Video
    Public Comment Video Video
    Chief Justice’s Report Video Video
    Administrative Director’s Report Video Video
25-003  Information Only (no action required)Administrative Director’s Report Not available
    CONSENT AGENDA Video Video
    Approval of the Consent Agenda Not available
25-008  MinutesMinutes of April 25, 2025, Judicial Council Meeting Not available
25-117  Other ProposalAllocations and Reimbursements to Trial Courts | Funding for Court Reporters in Family Law and Civil Law Case Types (Action Required) Not available
25-123  Other ProposalChild Support | AB 1058 Program Funding Methodologies and Fiscal Year 2025-26 Funding Allocations (Action Required) Not available
25-120  Other ProposalCollaborative Justice | Fiscal Year 2025-26 Substance Abuse Focus Grant and Dependency Drug Court Augmentation Grant Funding (Action Required) Not available
25-122  Other ProposalCourt Facilities | Judicial Branch Five-Year Infrastructure Plan and Capital-Outlay Budget Change Proposals for Fiscal Year 2026-27 (Action Required) Not available
25-115  Other ProposalJudicial Branch Technology | IT Modernization Funding, Fiscal Year 2025-26 (Action Required) Not available
25-114  Other ProposalJudicial Branch Technology | Jury Management System Grants, Fiscal Year 2025-26 (Action Required) Not available
25-107  Rule/Form ProposalJury Instructions | Civil Jury Instructions (release 47) (Action Required) Not available
25-106  Other ProposalJuvenile Law | Fiscal Year 2025-26 Funding Allocations for Court Appointed Special Advocate Local Assistance (Action Required) Not available
25-069  Other ProposalLanguage Access Plan | Allocations for Signage and Technology Grant Program, Cycle 7, Fiscal Year 2025-26 (Action Required) Not available
25-108  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Adjustment to Deposit Account Exemption from Enforcement of Judgment (Action Required) Not available
25-118  Other ProposalTrial Court Budget | Fiscal Year 2025-26 Allocation of Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act Funding (Action Required) Not available
25-033  Other ProposalTrial Court Budget | State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund Allocations for Fiscal Year 2025-26 (Action Required) Not available
    DISCUSSION AGENDA Not available
25-035  Other ProposalTrial Court Budget | Allocations from the Trial Court Trust Fund and Trial Court Allocations for Fiscal Year 2025-26 (Action Required) Video Video
25-032  Other ProposalTrial Court Budget | Allocation Methodologies for Potential Future Funding Reductions and Restorations (Action Required) Video Video
25-034  Other ProposalJudicial Branch Budget | Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget Change Proposals for Supreme Court, Courts of Appeal, Superior Courts, Judicial Branch Facilities Program, and Judicial Council (Action Required) Video Video
25-113  Other ProposalJudicial Branch Technology | IT Modernization Program Success Stories (No Report. No Action Required.) Video Video
25-105  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | 2025 Language Need and Interpreter Use Study (No Action Required) Video Video
25-109  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Judicial Branch Administration: Rule and Standard for Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Court-Related Work (Action Required) Video Video
    INFORMATION AGENDA (NO ACTION REQUIRED) Not available
25-125  Other ProposalChild Support | Midyear Funding Reallocation for Fiscal Year 2024-25 Not available
25-121  Judicial Council UpdateJudicial Council Update | Trial Court Facility Modifications Report for Quarter 3 of Fiscal Year 2024-25 Not available
25-111  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Court Realignment Data (Calendar Year 2024) Not available
25-116  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Electronic Recording Equipment Not available
25-110  Rule/Form ProposalReport to the Legislature | Findings of Extraordinary Circumstances in 2024 Not available
25-015  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Fiscal Year 2024-25 Funding for California Court Appointed Special Advocate Association Not available
25-124  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Shriver Civil Counsel Act Report Not available
25-068  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Trial Court Interpreters Program Expenditure Report for Fiscal Year 2023-24 Not available
25-112  Other ProposalTrial Courts | Quarterly Investment Report for Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2024-25 Not available
    Judicial Council Internal Committee Reports Not available
25-127  Information Only (no action required)Written Reports Not available
    Appointment Orders Not available
25-091  Appointment OrderAppointment Orders since the last business meeting. Not available
    Adjournment Not available
    Respectfully submitted by Administrative Director Michelle Curran, Secretary to the Judicial Council, on October 24, 2025. Not available