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Meeting Details

Meeting Name: Judicial Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/24/2026 10:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Videoconference
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Not available Meeting Extra3: Captured Captioning Captured Captioning  
Agenda packet: Not available
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
26-002  Information Only (no action required)Administrative Director’s Report Not available
    CONSENT AGENDA Video Video
    Approval of the Consent Agenda Not available
26-007  MinutesMinutes of February 20, 2026, Judicial Council Meeting Not available
26-050  AllocationsAllocations and Reimbursements to Trial Courts | Midyear Reallocation of Pretrial Release Funding (Action Required) Not available
26-065  Other ProposalJudicial Branch Administration | Judicial Branch Workers' Compensation Program (Action Required) Not available
26-075  Other ProposalJudicial Council | Appointment to the California Access to Justice Commission (Action Required) Not available
26-038  AllocationsReport to the Legislature | Pretrial Services Program Year 4, 2026 (Action Required) Not available
26-078  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Access and Fairness: Gender Inclusivity of Juror Identification and Juror Questionnaires (Implementation of Assembly Bill 1899) (Action Required) Not available
26-055  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Appellate Procedure: Increased File Size Limit for Electronic Filings (Action Required) Not available
26-068  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Civil Practice and Procedure: Name Change and Gender Change Rules and Forms (Action Required) Not available
26-069  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Civil Practice and Procedure: New Case Type for Civil Case Cover Sheet (Action Required) Not available
26-070  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Civil Practice and Procedure: Revisions to Enforcement of Judgment and Wage Garnishment Forms to Implement Assembly Bill 774 (Action Required) Not available
26-072  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Collaborative Justice: Guidelines for Adult Collaborative Treatment Courts (Action Required) Not available
26-073  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Criminal Law: Advisements on the Felony Plea Form (Action Required) Not available
26-074  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Criminal Procedure: Rule and Form Revisions Related to the Racial Justice Act (Action Required) Not available
26-067  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Juvenile Law: Update to Racial Justice Act Forms (Action Required) Not available
26-071  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Mental Health Law: Implementation of CARE Act Legislation (Action Required) Not available
26-077  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Miscellaneous Technical Changes (Action Required) Not available
26-087  Other ProposalTrial Court Budget | Fiscal Year 2025-26 Reallocation of Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act Funding (Action Required) Not available
26-037  Other ProposalTrial Court Budget | Minimum Operating and Emergency Fund Balance Policy (Action Required) Not available
    DISCUSSION AGENDA Not available
26-059  Other ProposalCalifornia Access to Justice Commission Presentation (No Action Required) Not available
26-058  Budget ProposalJuvenile Law | 2025-26 Allocations for Dependency Counsel Collections Program and Expected Unspent Program Funding (Action Required) (Moved from Consent Agenda to Discussion Agenda) Not available
26-086  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Judicial Branch Administration: Reporting Civil Arrests in Court Facilities (Action Required) Video Video
26-079  Information Only (no action required)Criminal and Appellate Procedure | Report of the 2025 Proposition 66 Counsel Working Group (No Action Required) Video Video
    INFORMATION AGENDA (NO ACTION REQUIRED) Not available
26-088  Information Only (no action required)Judicial Branch Technology | AB 716 Remote Public Access Implementation Outcomes Not available
26-080  Judicial Council UpdateJudicial Council Update | Release of Demographic Data on California Justices and Judges Not available
26-085  Judicial Council UpdateJudicial Council Update | Trial Court Facility Modifications Report for Quarter 2 of Fiscal Year 2025-26 Not available
26-083  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | 2025 Juvenile Dependency Training Completion Not available
26-082  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | 2025 Training for Judicial Officers Not available
26-089  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Annual Proposition 36 Court Implementation Report (January 2025 through December 2025) Not available
26-084  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | California’s Access to Visitation Grant Program (Federal Fiscal Years 2024-25 and 2025-26) Not available
26-076  Other ProposalTrial Courts | Quarterly Investment Report for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2025-26 Not available
    Judicial Council Internal Committee Reports Not available
26-012  Information Only (no action required)Written Reports Not available
    Circulating Orders Not available
26-066  Circulating OrderCirculating Orders since the last business meeting. Not available
    Appointment Orders Not available
26-091  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 July 17, 2026. Not available