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Meeting Name: Judicial Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/21/2025 10:20 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
    Swearing In of New Judicial Council Member Video Video
    Public Comment Video Video
    Chief Justice’s Report Video Video
    Administrative Director’s Report Video Video
25-001  Information Only (no action required)Administrative Director’s Report Not available
    CONSENT AGENDA Video Video
    Approval of the Consent Agenda Not available
25-006  MinutesMinutes of November 15, 2024, Judicial Council Meeting Not available
25-020  Other ProposalAllocations and Reimbursements to Trial Courts | Midyear Reallocation of Court Reporter Funding (Action Required) Not available
25-052  Other ProposalCourt Interpreters | Professional Standards and Ethics for California Court Interpreters (Action Required) Not available
25-027  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Calculation of Earnings Withholding Period (Action Required) Not available
25-011  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Jury Instructions: Criminal Jury Instructions (2025 Edition) (Action Required) Not available
25-028  Rule/Form ProposalRules and Forms | Technical Form Changes to Reflect Federal Poverty Guidelines (Action Required) Not available
25-026  Other ProposalTrial Court Budget | Allocations from the Trial Court Trust Fund for Fiscal Year 2024-25 (Action Required) Not available
    DISCUSSION AGENDA Not available
25-055  Other ProposalCourt Interpreters | Guidelines for Approval of Certification Programs for Interpreters for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons (Action Required) Video Video
25-050  Other ProposalTrial Court Budget | Use of Court Interpreters Program Savings to Augment 2024-25 and 2025-26 Allocations for Trial Courts (Action Required) Video Video
25-062  Other ProposalTrial Court Budget | Allocation for Partial Restoration of Trial Court Operations Funding for Fiscal Year 2024-25 (Action Required) Video Video
25-029  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Superior Court Lactation Rooms Funding and Expenditures (Action Required) Video Video
25-056  Information Only (no action required)Judicial Branch Administration | Trial Court Caseflow Management (No Report. No Action Required.) Video Video
25-044  Information Only (no action required)Judicial Branch Administration | Model Policy for Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (No Report. No Action Required.) Video Video
    INFORMATION AGENDA (NO ACTION REQUIRED) Not available
25-049  Other ProposalEqual Access Fund | Reports to the Department of Finance Not available
25-053  Judicial Council UpdateJudicial Council Update | Compliance Requirements for Certified Court and Registered Interpreters Not available
25-054  Judicial Council UpdateJudicial Council Update | Trial Court Facility Modifications Report for Quarter 1 of Fiscal Year 2024-25 Not available
25-022  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Allocation of New Judgeships Funding in 2023-24 Not available
25-046  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Electronic Recording Equipment Purchased or Leased by Superior Courts (January 1 through June 30, 2024) Not available
25-019  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Fiscal Year 2023-24 Court Facilities Trust Fund Expenditures Not available
25-070  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Measures to Promote Fair and Efficient Administration of Justice Not available
25-016  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Online Infraction Adjudication and Ability-to-Pay Determinations Not available
25-025  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Receipts and Expenditures from Local Courthouse Construction Funds for Fiscal Year 2023-24 Not available
25-017  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Report on California Rules of Court, Rule 10.75 (Meetings of Advisory Bodies) Not available
25-045  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Report on the Use of Remote Technology in Civil Actions by the Trial Courts Not available
25-023  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | State Trial Court Improvement and Modernization Fund Expenditures for Fiscal Year 2023-24 Not available
25-024  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Statewide Collection of Court-Ordered Debt for Fiscal Year 2023-24 Not available
25-048  Report to LegislatureReport to the Legislature | Trial Court Trust Fund Revenue, Expenditure, and Fund Balance Constraints for FY 2023-24 Not available
25-047  Other ProposalTrial Courts | Public Notice of Court Closures or Reduced Clerks’ Office Hours Not available
25-064  Other ProposalTrial Courts | Quarterly Investment Report for First Quarter Fiscal Year 2024-25 Not available
    Judicial Council Internal Committee Reports Not available
25-061  Information Only (no action required)Written Reports Not available
    Circulating Orders Not available
25-057  Circulating OrderCirculating Orders since the last business meeting. Not available
    Appointment Orders Not available
25-060  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 April 25, 2025. Not available