Judicial Council Legislative Position Letters & Fiscal Impact Statements

Position/fiscal impact statement letters, and other fiscal related documents, on pending legislation submitted by the Judicial Council to the California Legislature and/or Governor.

Current Legislative Session

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Assembly - 2023-24

AB 304 (Holden) – Domestic violence: probation

JC Position: Oppose, unless amended
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 432 (Mike Fong) – California Court Interpreter Workforce Pilot Program

JC Position: Support, if amended
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 560 (Bennett) – Sustainable Groundwater Management Act: groundwater adjudication

JC Position: Remove Opposition
Position Letter(s)

AB 779 (Wilson) – Groundwater: adjudication

JC Position: Remove Opposition
Position Letter(s)

AB 806 (Maienschein) – Criminal procedure: crimes in multiple jurisdictions

JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)

AB 875 (Gabriel) – Courts: data reporting

JC Position: Oppose, unless amended and funded
Position Letter(s)

AB 881 (Ting) – Juror fees: pilot program

JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)

AB 945 (Reyes) – Criminal procedure: expungement of records

JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)

AB 959 (McCarty) – Courts

JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)

AB 1032 (Pacheco) – Courts: court interpreters

JC Position: Support as amended
Position Letter(s)

AB 1139 (Garcia) – Recognition of tribal court money judgments: tribal sales taxes

JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)

AB 1214 (Maienschein) – Courts: remote technology

JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 1758 (Committee on Judiciary) – Court records: fees

JC Position: Oppose, unless funded
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 1777 (Ting) – Autonomous vehicles 

JC Position: Remove Opposition
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 1785 (Pacheco) – California Public Records Act

JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 1846 (Bauer-Kahan) – Judicial officers: training: sexual abuse and assault

JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 2049 (Pacheco) – Motions for summary judgment: filing deadlines 

JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s) 
 

AB 2055 (Reyes) – Criminal procedure: expungement of records 

JC Position: Oppose unless funded and amended
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 2125 (Garcia) – Judicial officers: disqualification

JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s) 
 

AB 2281 (Soria) – Tribal Judges

JC Position: Support 
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 2283 (Pacheco) – Civil actions: electronic service 

JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 2347 (Kalra) – Summary proceedings for obtaining possession of real property: procedural requirements

JC Position: Remove Opposition 
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 2929 (Carrillo) – Dependents: family finding 

JC Position: Support 
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 2940 (Muratsuchi) – California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership development projects: transmission projects

JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 2988 (McCarty) – Courts

JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 3013 (Maienschein) – Courts: remote court reporting

JC Position: Support, if amended
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 3049 (Bryan) – Dependency: court hearings

JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 3196 (Nguyen) – Summary proceedings for obtaining possession of real property: demurrers

JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 3265 (Bryan) – California Environmental Quality Act: environmental leadership media campus projects: judicial streamlining

JC Position: Oppose 
Position Letter(s)
 

AB 3282 (Committee on Judiciary) – Courts: sale of property 

JC Position: Sponsor 
Position Letter(s)

Senate - 2023-24

SB 9 (Cortese) – Raising the Age for Extended Foster Care Pilot Program Act of 2023 

JC Position: Support 
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 21 (Umberg) – Civil actions: remote proceedings 

JC Position: Support 
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 22 (Umberg) – Courts: remote proceedings

JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 75 (Roth) – Courts: Judgeships 

JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 81 (Skinner) – Parole hearings

JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)
 

SCR 91 (Ashby) – Court Adoption and Permanency Month 

JC Position: Sponsor/Support
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 92 (Umberg) – Court: remote proceedings for criminal cases

JC Position: Support 
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 99 (Umberg) – Courts: remote proceedings for criminal cases

JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 239 (Dahle) – California Environmental Quality Act: housing development projects: judicial proceedings

JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 331 (Rubio) – Child custody: child abuse and safety

JC Position: Oppose, unless amended
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 619 (Padilla) – State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission: certification of facilities: electrical transmission projects

JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 662 (Rubio) – Courts: court reporters

JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 717 (Stern) – County mental health services

JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 861 (Dahle) – California Environmental Quality Act: water conveyance or storage projects: judicial review 

JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 898 (Skinner) — Criminal procedure: sexual assault resentencing

JC Position: Fiscal Impact Statement
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 949 (Blakespear) – Superior court: lactation accommodation 

JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s) 
 

SB 1133 (Becker) – Bail 

JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 1141 (Niello) – Mediation: amount in controversy 

JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
 

SB 1342 (Atkins) – California Environmental Quality Act: infrastructure projects: County of San Diego 

JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)