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Meeting Name: Judicial Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/25/2025 9:45 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: San Francisco
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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
25-002  Information Only (no action required)Administrative Director’s Report Not available
    CONSENT AGENDA Video Video
    Approval of the Consent Agenda Not available
25-007  MinutesMinutes of February 21, 2025, Judicial Council Meeting Not available
25-080  Other ProposalCriminal Law | Judicial Council Appointment to the California Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision (Action Required) Not available
25-021  Other ProposalJudicial Branch Administration | Judicial Branch Workers’ Compensation Program (Action Required) Not available
25-013  Other ProposalJuvenile Law | 2024-25 Allocations for Dependency Counsel Collections Program and Expected Unspent Program Funding (Action Required) Not available
25-079  Legislative ProposalPretrial Release | 2025 Report on Pretrial Release Program to the Legislature, Year 3 (Action Required) Not available
25-082  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Additional CARE Act Legislation (Action Required) Not available
25-078  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Appellate Procedure: Certified Record in Capital Cases (Action Required) Not available
25-096  Rules ProposalRules and Forms | CEQA Actions: New Projects and Fees for Expedited Review (Action Required) Not available
25-085  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Civil Practice and Procedure: Termination of Complex Coordination Proceedings and Actions (Action Required) Not available
25-077  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Criminal Law: Felony Plea Form (Action Required) Not available
25-076  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Criminal Law: New Postconviction Retail Crime Restraining Order (Action Required) Not available
25-075  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Decedents’ Estates: Succession to Property of Small Value (Action Required) Not available
25-099  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Family Law: Summary Dissolution Forms (Action Required) Not available
25-098  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Family Law: Technical Changes to Forms (Action Required) Not available
25-087  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Judicial Branch Education: Center for Judicial Education and Research Advisory Committee Name Change and Other Technical Amendments (Action Required) Not available
25-073  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Judicial Branch Technology: Rules for Adoption of Technology and Data Security Guidelines (Action Required) Not available
25-071  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Juvenile Law: Restitution Orders (Action Required) Not available
25-086  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Miscellaneous Technical Changes (Action Required) Not available
25-030  Other ProposalRules and Forms | Miscellaneous Technical Changes to Traffic Form (Action Required) Not available
25-074  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Probate Conservatorship and Guardianship: Notice of Change of Residence and Notice of Death (Action Required) Not available
25-084  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Protective Orders: New Civil Retail Crime Restraining Order (Action Required) Not available
25-102  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Protective Orders: Technical Change to Domestic Violence Form (Action Required) Not available
25-067  Other ProposalTrial Court Budget | Court Interpreters Program Fiscal Year 2024-25 Midyear Reallocation and Augmentation (Action Required) Not available
25-083  Other ProposalTrial Court Budget | Fiscal Year 2024-25 Reallocation of Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act Funding (Action Required) Not available
25-031  Rule/Form ProposalUniform Bail and Penalty Schedules | Miscellaneous Technical Changes to the 2025 Edition for Traffic, Boating, Forestry, Fish and Game, Public Utilities, Parks and Recreation, Business Licensing (Action Required) Not available
    DISCUSSION AGENDA Video Video
25-051  Other ProposalCollaborative Justice | Addressing Racial Disparities and Improving Equity in California’s Adult Collaborative Programs (Action Required) Video Video
25-094  Other ProposalTrial Courts | Update of Resource Assessment Study Model (Action Required) Video Video
25-058  Other ProposalJudicial Branch Administration | Tactical Plan for Technology 2025-2026 (Action Required) Video Video
25-095  Judicial Council UpdateJudicial Council Update | Jury Instructions and the Juror Experience (No Report. No Action Required.) Video Video
25-097  Other ProposalLegal Services Trust Fund Commission (No Report. No Action Required.) Video Video
    Public Service Recognition Week (No Report. No Action Required.) Video Video
    INFORMATION AGENDA (NO ACTION REQUIRED) Not available
25-088  Legislative ProposalJudicial Council Update | Release of Demographic Data on California Justices and Judges Not available
25-081  Judicial Council UpdateJudicial Council Update | Trial Court Facility Modifications Report for Quarter 2 of Fiscal Year 2024-25 Not available
25-065  Legislative ProposalReport to the Legislature | 2024 Training for Judicial Officers Pursuant to Government Code Section 68555.5 Not available
25-012  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Allocation of Funding in Fiscal Year 2024-25 for Federally Funded Dependency Representation Program Shortfall Not available
25-066  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Compliance With Education Requirements of Welfare and Institutions Code Section 304.7 Not available
25-093  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Court Reporter Fees Collected and Expenditures for Court Reporter Services in Superior Court Civil Proceedings for 2023-24 Not available
25-089  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Trial Court Operational Metrics: 2025 Report Not available
25-072  Information Only (no action required)Trial Courts | Public Notice of Court Closure or Reduced Clerk’s Office Hours Not available
25-090  Information Only (no action required)Trial Courts | Quarterly Investment Report for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2024-25 Not available
    Judicial Council Internal Committee Reports Not available
25-092  Information Only (no action required)Written Reports Not available
    Circulating Orders Not available
25-103  Circulating OrderCirculating Orders since the last business meeting. Not available
    Appointment Orders Not available
25-104  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 18, 2025. Not available