Current Legislative Session
Assembly – 2025-26
AB 32 (Soria) — Tribal judges
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 35 (Alvarez) — California Environmental Quality Act: clean hydrogen transportation projects
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 223 (Pacheco) — Jury selection: acknowledgment and agreement
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 343 (Pacheco) — California Public Records Act: elected or appointed officials
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 387 (Alanis) — Juries: voir dire: probation officers
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 741 (Ransom) — Department of Justice: child abuse reporting
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 792 (Lee) — Court interpreters
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 882 (Papan) — Electronic court reporting
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s); Floor Alerts
AB 946 (Bryan) — Chief probation officer: designee
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1099 (Bryan) — Developmental services: initial intake: assessment
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1084 (Zbur) — Change of name and gender and sex identifier
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 1375 (Hoover) — Consideration when determining child custody: human trafficking
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1384 (Nguyen) — Summary proceedings for obtaining possession of real property: procedural requirements
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
Senate – 2025-26
SB 28 (Umberg) — Treatment court program standards
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)
SB 59 (Wiener) — Change of gender and sex identifier
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)
SB 357 (Menjivar) — Juveniles: delinquency
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 589 (Alvarado-Gil) — Spousal support: factors
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 808 (Caballero) — Civil actions: writs: housing development projects
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
Past Legislative Sessions
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)
Assembly - 2021-22
AB 156 (Committee on Budget) – State government
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 255 (Muratsuchi) – COVID-19 Emergency Small Business Eviction and Rent Relief Act
JC Position: Letter of concern
Position Letter(s)
AB 256 (Kalra) – Criminal procedure: discrimination.
JC Position: Neutral
Position Letter(s): 9/12/2022
AB 333 (Kamlager) – Participation in a criminal street gang: enhanced sentence
JC Position: Note concern
Position Letter(s): 9/20;9/1
AB 421 (Ward) – Change of gender and sex identifier
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 621 (R. Rivas) – California Environmental Quality Act: streamlined environmental review: standard of review: hospitals
JC Position: Removal of opposition
Position Letter(s)
AB 627 (Waldron) – Recognition of tribal court orders: rights in retirement plans or deferred compensation
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 716 (Bennett) – Court access
JC Position: Remove opposition; no position
Position Letter(s)
AB 855 (Ramos) – Judicial holidays
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 898 (Lee) – Criminal records: automatic conviction record relief.
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s): 6/29; 4/5; 3/30
AB 1277 (Rubio) – California Environmental Quality Act: student housing development projects: expedited judicial review
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 1308 (Ting) – Arrest and conviction record relief
JC Position: Oppose, unless funded
Position Letter(s)
AB 1540 (Ting) – Criminal procedure: resentencing
JC Position: Note Concern
Position Letter(s): 9/20; 9/8
AB 1576 (Committee on Judiciary) – Superior court: lactation room
JC Position: Support if funded
Position Letter(s)
Fiscal Impact Statement
AB 1655 (Jones-Sawyer) – State holidays: Juneteenth
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1744 (Levine) – Probation and mandatory supervision: flash incarceration
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s): 9/8/2022
AB 1745 (Nguyen) – Trusts: notifications
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1935 (Grayson) – California Environmental Quality Act: redevelopment: Concord Naval Weapons Station
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 1972 (Ward) – Grand juries
JC Position: Neutral if amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 1981 (Lee) – Jury duty
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2275 (Ward) – Mental health: involuntary commitment
JC Position: Withdrawal of opposition
Position Letter(s)
AB 2313 (Bloom) – Water: judges and adjudications
JC Position: Withdrawal of opposition
Position Letter(s)
AB 2799 (Jones-Sawyer) – Evidence: admissibility of creative expressions
JC Position: Remove opposition/neutral
Position Letter(s): 9/12/2022
AB 2961 (Committee on Judiciary) – Civil procedure: electronic filing and service
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
Senate - 2021-22
SB 7 (Atkins) – Environmental quality: Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2021
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 44 (Allen) – California Environmental Quality Act: streamlined judicial review: environmental leadership transit projects
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 71 (McGuire) – Infractions: community service: education programs
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 233 (Umberg) – Civil actions: appearance by telephone
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 241 (Umberg) – Civil actions
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 262 (Hertzberg) – Bail
JC Position: Neutral
Position Letter(s): 8/29/2022
SB 354 (Skinner) – Foster youth: relative placement
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 483 (Allen) – Sentencing: resentencing to remove sentencing enhancements
JC Position: Neutral
Position Letter(s)
SB 507 (Eggman) – Mental health services: assisted outpatient treatment
JC Position: Support, if Amended
Position Letter(s)
SB 538 (Rubio) – Domestic violence and gun violence restraining orders
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)
SB 567 (Bradford) – Criminal procedure: sentencing
SB 616 (Rubio) – Child custody: child abuse and safety
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 775 (Becker) – Felony murder: resentencing
JC Position: Neutral
Position Letter(s)
SB 827 (Committee on Public Safety) – Public Safety Omnibus
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 848 (Umberg) – Civil actions: parties and postponements
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 903 (Hertzberg) – Prisons: California Rehabilitation Oversight Board
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s): 9/8/2022
SB 1005 (Wieckowski) – Conservatorship: partition sale of personal residence
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 1209 (Eggman) – Sentencing: members of military: trauma
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s): 9/8/2022
SB 1223 (Becker) – Criminal procedure: mental health diversion.
JC Position: Neutral as proposed to be amended by RN 22 18032
Position Letter(s): 9/12/2022
SB 1274 (McGuire) – Environmental quality: environmental leadership development projects: clean energy transmission projects: offshore wind
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 1468 (Glazer) – Factual innocence
JC Position: Neutral as proposed to be amended by RN 22 17741
Position Letter(s)
Assembly - 2019-20
AB 242 (Kamlager-Dove) – Courts: attorneys: implicit bias: training
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 253 (Stone) – Remote court reporting
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 281 (Frazier) – Transmission and distribution lines: undergrounding and fire hardening: CEQA: administrative and judicial streamlining
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 310 (Santiago) – Trial Jury Selection and Management Act
JC Position: Oppose categorical exemption provision; no position on remaining provisions
Position Letter(s)
Fiscal Impact Statement
AB 465 (Eggman) – Firearm relinquishment: persons under protective orders
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 490 (Salas) – California Environmental Quality Act: development projects: streamlining
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 581 (Levine) – Sentencing: members of military: trauma
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 597 (Levine) – Probation and mandatory supervision: flash incarceration
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 686 (Waldron) – Indian children
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 800 (Chu) – Civil actions: confidentiality
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 859 (Maienschein) – Juveniles: dependency: judicial caseloads
JC Position: Neutral
Position Letter(s)
AB 927 (Jones-Sawyer) – Crimes: fines and fees: defendant’s ability to pay
AB 1076 (Ting) – Criminal record: automatic relief
JC Position: Oppose unless funded
Position Letter(s)
Fiscal Impact Statement
AB 1244 (Fong) – Environmental quality: judicial review: housing projects
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1310 (Reyes) – Traffic violator school: fees
AB 1331 (Bonta) – Criminal justice data
JC Position: Oppose unless funded and amended
Position Letter(s)
Fiscal Impact Statement
AB 1385 (Santiago) – Court reporter fees
JC Position: No Position
Fiscal Impact Statement
AB 1636 (Bonta) – Criminal procedure: determination of probable cause
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1648 (Levine) – California Environmental Quality Act: local educational agencies: affordable housing projects
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1667 (Santiago) – Electronic Wills
JC Position: Oppose, unless amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 1796 (Levine) – Domestic violence: restraining orders
JC Position: Note Concerns
Position Letter(s)
AB 1950 (Kamlager) – Probation: length of terms
JC Position: Support if amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 1976 (Eggman) – Mental health services: assisted outpatient treatment
JC Position: Support Position Letter
Position Letter(s)
AB 2038 (Committee on Transportation) – Transportation: omnibus bill
JC Position: Support section 1
Position Letter(s)
AB 2108 (Obernolte) – Judgeships
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2165 (Rivas) – Electronic filing and service of documents
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2265 (Quirk-Silva) – Mental Health Services Act: use of funds for substance use disorder treatment
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2542 (Kalra) – Criminal procedure: discrimination
JC Position: Letter of concerns
Position Letter(s)
AB 2617 (Gabriel) – Firearms: gun violence restraining orders
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2731 (Gloria) – California Environmental Quality Act: City of San Diego: Old Town Center redevelopment
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 3005 (Rivas, Robert) – Leroy Anderson Dam and Reservoir: permitting, and public contracting
JC Position: Oppose if amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 3070 (Weber) – Juries: peremptory challenges
JC Position: No Position
Position Letter(s)
AB 3234 (Ting) – Public Safety
JC Position: Oppose unless funded and amended
Position Letter(s)
Senate - 2019-20
SB 25 (Caballero) – California Environmental Quality Act: qualified opportunity zones
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 36 (Hertzberg) – Pretrial release: risk assessment tools
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 303 (Wieckowski) – Guardians and conservators: compensation: residence of conservatee
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 384 (Morrell) – Housing: omnibus
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 389 (Hertzberg) – Mental Health Services Act
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 435 (Moorlach) – Family law: evidence
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 444 (Umberg) – University of California: Berkeley and Irvine law schools: Pro Se Indigent Litigant Pilot Project
JC Position: Support if amended
Position Letter(s)
SB 471 (Stern) – Subpoenas: form and service
JC Position: Support if amended
Position Letter(s)
Fiscal Impact Statement
SB 557 (Jones) – Criminal proceedings: mental competence: expert reports
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 580 (Wilk) – Animal abuse: probation: treatment
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 592 (Weiner) – Jury Service
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 621 (Glazer, Caballero) – California Environmental Quality Act: court actions or proceedings affordable housing projects
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 632 (Galgiani) – California Environmental Quality Act: injunction: vegetation treatment projects
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 744 (Caballero) – Planning and zoning: California Environmental Quality Act: permanent supportive housing: No Place Like Home Program
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 757 (Allen) – California Environmental Quality Act: Twenty-Eight by ’28 Initiative pillar projects
JC Position: Oppose unless amended Position Letter
Position Letter(s)
SB 855 (Weiner) – Health coverage: mental health or substance use disorders
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 897 (Jackson) – Temporary emergency gun violence restraining orders
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
SB 1133 (Jackson) – Peremptory challenges
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 1146 (Umberg) – Civil procedure: electronic filing and remote depositions
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
Assembly - 2017-18
AB 30 (Caballero) – Environmental quality: judicial review: strip mall conversion housing projects
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 73 (Chiu) – Planning and zoning: housing sustainability districts
JC Position: No position
Position Letter(s)
AB 83 (Santiago) – Collective bargaining: Judicial Council
JC Position: No position
Position Letter(s)
AB 154 (Levine) – Prisoners: mental health treatment
JC Position: No position
Position Letter(s)
AB 246 (Santiago) – Environmental quality: Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2011
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 255 (Gallagher) – Sexually Violent Predators: out-of-county placement
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 330 (Cooley) – Highway safety
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 414 (Medina) – Suspension and allocation of vacant judgeships
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 452 (Bloom) – Courts
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 532 (Waldron) – Drug courts: drug and alcohol assistance
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
Assembly Appropriations Committee Analyses
AB 644 (Berman) – Civil procedure: pleadings
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 665 (Levine) – Military personnel: veterans: resentencing: mitigating circumstances
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
Fiscal Impact Statement Letter(s)
AB 689 (Obernolte) – Juvenile proceedings: competency
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 712 (Bloom) – Civil actions: change of venue
JC Position: Support, if amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 720 (Eggman) – Inmates: psychiatric medication: informed consent
JC Position: None
Fiscal Impact Statement Letter
AB 734 (Bonta) – California Environmental Quality Act: Oakland Sports and Mixed-Use Project
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 745 (Reyes) – Commissioners: criminal proceedings
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 789 (Rubio) – Criminal procedure: release on own recognizance
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 808 (Cunningham) – Child custody: appointment of counsel
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 865 (Levine) – Military personnel: veterans: resentencing: mitigating circumstances.
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 905 (Maienschein) – Money judgments of other jurisdictions
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 935 (Stone) – Juvenile proceedings: competency
JC Position: Support in part
Position Letter(s)
AB 976 (Berman) – Electronic filing and service
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 987 (Kamlager-Dove) – California Environmental Quality Act: sports and entertainment project
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1128 (Weber) – Criminal cases: exhibits: retention
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
Assembly Appropriations Committee Analyses
AB 1214 (Stone) – Juvenile proceedings: competency
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1290 (Obernolte) – Lawyer-client privilege: holder of the privilege
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1312 (Gonzalez Fletcher) – Sexual assault victims: rights
JC Position: No position
Assembly Appropriations Committee Analyses
AB 1443 (Levine) – Court records
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 1450 (Obernolte) – Court reporters: electronic transcripts
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1531 (Berman) – Court fees: electronic filing
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1541 (Kalra) – Examination of prospective jurors
JC Position: Withdrawal of opposition
Position Letter(s)
AB 1617 (Bloom) – Juvenile case files: inspection
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 1692 (Committee on Judiciary) – Judiciary omnibus
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 1793 (Bonta) – Cannabis convictions: resentencing
JC Position: Oppose unless amended and funded
Position Letter(s)
Fiscal Impact Statement
AB 1905 (Grayson) – Environmental quality: judicial review: transportation projects
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1971 (Santiago) – Mental health services: involuntary detention: gravely disabled
JC Position: None
Fiscal Impact Statement Letter(s)
AB 2177 (Jones-Sawyer) – Penalty assessments: fees
JC Position: No Position
Fiscal Impact Statement
AB 2185 (Chiu) – Civil actions: appointment of guardian ad litem
JC Position: Neutral
Position Letter(s)
AB 2230 (Berman) – Civil Actions
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2240 (Grayson) – Trial Jury Selection and Management Act
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 2267 (Wood) – California Environmental Quality Act: Sonoma County Renewal Enterprise District
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 2274 (Quirk) – Division of community property: pet animals
JC Position: No position
Position Letter(s)
AB 2279 (Fong) – Environmental quality: judicial review: housing projects
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 2309 (Bloom) – Sale of the West Los Angeles Courthouse
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2322 (Daly) – Department of Motor Vehicles: records: confidentiality
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2354 (Rubio) – Family law: court reporters
JC Position: No Position
Fiscal Impact Statement
AB 2373 (Acosta) – Dissolution of marriage and legal separation: disclosure of assets and liabilities
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2438 (Ting) – Automatic withdrawal of plea
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 2446 (Obernolte) – Courts: judgeships
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2526 (Rubio) – Temporary emergency gun violence restraining orders
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2532 (Jones-Sawyer) – Infractions: community service
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2655 (Gloria) – Judicial Council: minor vehicle infractions
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2664 (Holden) – Court reporters: official reporter pro tempore
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2710 (Obernolte) – Warrants
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2757 (Reyes) – Court reporters
JC Position: No Position
Fiscal Impact Statement
AB 2856 (Melendez) – California Environmental Quality Act: housing development projects
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 2868 (Santiago) – County of Los Angeles: limited-term law clerk
JC Position: Oppose
Fiscal Impact Statement
AB 2988 (Weber) – Criminal procedure: disposition of evidence
JC Position: No Position
Fiscal Impact Statement
AB 3047 (Daly) – Court fees: waiver: Indian Child Welfare Act
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 3076 (Reyes) – Indian child welfare: legal services
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 3176 (Waldron) – Indian children
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 3246 (Committee on Transportation) – Transportation: omnibus bill
JC Position: Support/Sponsor-Section 22
Position Letter(s)
AB 3248 (Committee on Judiciary) – Civil actions: mandatory expedited jury trials
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
ACR 124 (Limón) – Court Adoption and Permanency Month
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
Senate - 2017-18
SB 8 (Beall) – Diversion: mental disorders
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 10 (Hertzberg) – Bail: pretrial release
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 38 (Roth) – Courts: judgeships
JC Position: Sponsor/Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 170 (Leyva) – Child custody: preferences of the child
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 185 (Hertzberg) – Crimes: infractions
JC Position: None
Senate Appropriations Committee Analyses
SB 190 (Mitchell) – Juveniles
JC Position: None
Senate Appropriations Committee Analyses
SB 215 (Beall) – Diversion: mental disorders
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 238 (Hertzberg) – Evidence: disposition of exhibits: photographic or digital record
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 273 (Hill) – Marriage: minors
JC Position: None
Fiscal Impact Statement Letter
Senate Appropriations Committee Analyses
SB 333 (Anderson) – Trusts: modification or termination
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 339 (Roth) – Veterans treatment courts: Judicial Council assessment and survey
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 384 (Wiener) – Sex offenders: registration: criminal offender record information systems
JC Position: Support, if funded
Position Letter(s)
SB 393 (Lara) – Arrests: sealing
JC Position: None
Senate Appropriations Committee Analyses
SB 403 (Cannella) – Sale of county courthouses
JC Position: Support/Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
SB 421 (Wiener) – Sex offenders: registration: criminal offender record information systems
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 545 (Beall) – Vehicles: 24/7 Sobriety program
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 576 (Wiener) – Jury commissioners: juror data collections and maintenance
JC Position: None
Fiscal Impact Statement Letter
Senate Appropriations Committee Analyses
SB 670 (Jackson) – Sentencing: county of incarceration and supervision
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
SB 699 (Galgiani) – Environmental quality: Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2011
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 789 (Bradford) – California Environmental Quality Act: Olympic games: sports and entertainment project: eminent domain
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 922 (Nguyen) – Surplus state property: affordable student housing
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 948 (Allen) – California Environmental Quality Act community plans
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 954 (Wieckowski) – Mediation: confidentiality: disclosure
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 1011 (Roth) – Proceeding to establish limited conservatorship: person with developmental disabilities
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 1045 (Wiener) – Conservatorship: chronic homelessness: mental illness and substance use disorders
JC Position: None
Fiscal Impact Statement
SB 1129 (Monning) – Spousal support award: conviction for act of domestic violence
JC Position: Oppose, unless amended
Position Letter(s)
SB 1155 (Hueso) – Court interpreters: small claims proceedings
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 1187 (Beall) – Competence to stand trial
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 1208 (Committee on Judiciary) – Courts, judicial emergencies
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 1340 (Glazer) – California Environmental Quality Act: housing projects
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 1437 (Skinner) – Accomplice liability for felony murder
JC Position: Support, if amended
Position Letter(s)
Assembly - 2015-16
AB 39 (Medina) – Search warrants: electronic submission
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 84 (Gatto) – Forensic testing: DNA samples
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 249 (Obernolte) – Criminal courts: appeals: fees
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 267 (Jones-Sawyer) – Criminal procedure: disclosure: felony conviction consequences
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 311 (Gallagher) – Environmental quality: Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014: expedited judicial review
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 314 (Waldron) – Limited conservatorship: developmentally disabled persons
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 432 (Chang) – Civil procedure: electronic signatures
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 455 (Bigelow) – Groundwater sustainability plans: environmental impact reports: expedited judicial review.
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 539 (Levine) – Search warrants
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 555 (Alejo) – Civil actions: repeal of expedited jury trials sunset
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 581 (Gomez) – State Facilities Renewal Bond Act of 2016
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 641 (Mayes) – Environmental quality: housing developments: expedited judicial review
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 673 (Santiago) – Probation and mandatory supervision: jurisdiction
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 691 (Calderon) – Revised Uniform Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act.
JC Position: Neutral
Position Letter(s)
AB 696 (Jones-Sawyer) – Defendants: arraignment
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 703 (Bloom) – Juveniles: attorney qualifications
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 749 (Bloom) – Superior courts: court reporters
JC Position: Oppose, unless funded
Position Letter(s)
AB 804 (Hernández) – Shorthand reporters: continuing education requirements
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 813 (Gonzalez) – Criminal procedure: postconviction relief
JC Position: Oppose, unless amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 825 (Rendon and Stone) – Public Utilities Commission: judicial review
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 874 (Santiago) – Collective bargaining
JC Position: Neutral
Position Letter(s)
AB 879 (Burke) – Juveniles: court proceedings: notice
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 900 (Levine) – Juveniles: special immigrant juvenile status
JC Position: Concerns
Position Letter(s)
AB 933 (Frazier) – Vehicles: 24/7 Sobriety programs
JC Position: Support
AB 1006 (Levine) – Prisoners: mental health treatment
JC Position: Oppose, unless amended and funded
Position Letter(s)
AB 1068 (Allen, Travis) – California Environmental Quality Act: priority projects
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1123 (Mayes) – Dispute resolution programs: court administration
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1237 (Brown) – State hospitals: placement evaluations
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1272 (Grove) – Crimes: persons with developmental and intellectual disabilities
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1276 (Santiago) – Child witnesses: human trafficking
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1298 (Gipson) – Environmental quality: City of Carson: sports stadium: expedited judicial review
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1300 (Ridley-Thomas) – Mental health: involuntary commitment: immunity for court-appointed hearing officers
JC Position: Support Section 8; No position on remaining provisions
Position Letter(s)
AB 1473 (Salas) – California Environmental Quality Act
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1571 (Lackey) – Vehicles: driving under the influence: alcohol abuse programs
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1672 (Mathis) – Veterans and community courts: Judicial Council study
JC Position: Support in concept
Position Letter(s)
AB 1700 (Maienschein) – Trusts: Notice of proposed action by trustee
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1709 (Gallagher) – Courts: interpreters: deaf or hard of hearing
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 1762 (Campos) – Human trafficking: victims: vacating convictions
JC Position: Removes opposition
Position Letter; Initial Position Letter
AB 1766 (Stone) – Examination of prospective jurors
JC Position: No position
AB 1776 (Obernolte) – Court transcripts: electronic form
JC Position: Support, if amended
AB 1834 (Wagner) – Electronic court reporting
JC Position: No position
AB 1867 (Steinorth) – Evidence: judicial notice: official records of conviction
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1900 (Jones-Sawyer) – San Pedro courthouse
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 1962 (Dodd) – Criminal proceedings: mental competence
JC Position: Support, if amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 2013 (Jones-Sawyer) – Defendants: arraignment
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 2101 (Gordon) – Sanctions: jurors
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2129 (Lackey) – Probation sentencing report: good cause continuance
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 2205 (Dodd) – Supervised persons: credits
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2232 (Obernolte) – Court records: misdemeanors
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2244 (Gatto) – Court fees: electronic filing
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2341 (Obernolte) – Allocation of vacant judgeships
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2367 (Cooley) – Driving under the influence: 24/7 Sobriety program
JC Position: Support
AB 2380 (Alejo) – Defendants: Minor children
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 2458 (Obernolte) – Courts: unexpended funds
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2498 (Bonta) – Human trafficking
JC Position: No position
Position Letter(s)
AB 2629 (Roger Hernández) – Court reporters
JC Position: Oppose, unless amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 2655 (Weber) – Bail: Jurisdiction
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2695 (Obernolte) – Juvenile proceedings: competency
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2765 (Weber) – Proposition 47: sentence reduction
JC Position: Support, if amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 2819 (Chiu) – Unlawful detainer proceedings
JC Position: Neutral
Position Letter(s)
AB 2835 (Cooper) – Public employees: orientation and informational programs: recognized employee organizations
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 2871 (Obernolte) – Trials by declaration
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2882 (Committee on Judiciary) – Judiciary omnibus: family law
JC Position: Co-Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
Senate - 2015-16
SB 127 (Vidak) – Environmental quality: Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014: expedited judicial review
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 178 (Leno) – Privacy: electronic communications: search warrant
JC Position: No position
SB 213 (Block). – Juries: criminal trials: peremptory challenges
JC Position: Support/Co-sponsor
SB 229 (Roth) – Funding of judicial positions
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
SB 238 (Mitchell) – Foster care: psychotropic medication
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 253 (Monning) – Dependent children: psychotropic medication
JC Position: No position
Position Letter(s)
SB 266 (Block) – Probation and mandatory supervision: flash incarceration
JC Position: No position
Position Letter(s)
SB 352 (Block) – Elder abuse
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 382 (Lara) – Juvenile sentencing
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 383 (Wieckowski) – Civil actions: objections to pleadings
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 405 (Hertzberg) – Criminal procedure: disclosure: felony conviction consequences
JC Position: No position
SB 428 (Hall) – Juries: peace officer exemption
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 443 (Mitchell) – Forfeiture: controlled substances
JC Position: Oppose
SB 470 (Jackson) – Civil actions: summary judgment
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
SB 517 (Monning) – Supervised persons: release
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
SB 594 (Wieckowski) – Child custody
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 603 (Hueso) – Defendant: acting as his or her own attorney (in pro per)
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 682 (Leno) – Courts: personal services contracts
JC Position: Oppose, unless amended
Position Letter(s)
SB 694 (Leno) – New evidence: habeas corpus: motion to vacate judgment: indemnity
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 734 (Galgiani) – Environmental quality: Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act of 2011
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 785 (Morrell) – Estates and trusts: creditor claims
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 823 (Block) – Criminal procedure: human trafficking
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 881 (Hertzberg) – Amnesty
JC Position: Oppose, in its current form
Fiscal Impact Statement
SB 917 (Jackson) – Family law: court orders
JC Position: Oppose, unless funded
SB 938 (Jackson) – Protective proceedings: conservator authorizations
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 1023 (Committee on Judiciary) – Courts: judgeships
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 1052 (Lara) – Custodial interrogation: juveniles
JC Position: Oppose, unless amended
SB 1056 (Liu) – Juveniles: family reunification
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 1065 (Monning) – Dismissal or denial of petitions to compel arbitration: appeals: Elder and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 1066 (Beall) – Vehicles: 24/7 Sobriety programs
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 1134 (Leno) – Habeas corpus: new evidence: motion to vacate judgment: indemnity
JC Position: Neutral, if funded
Position Letter(s)
SB 1158 (Anderson) – Trusts: modification or termination
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
SB 1202 (Leno) – Sentencing
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
Assembly - 2013-14
AB 36 (Dahle) – Probation officer: appointments
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 301 (Wagner) – Affidavits of registration: cancellation
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 492 (Quirk) – Probation: nonviolent drug offenses
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 515 (Dickinson) – Environmental quality: California Environmental Quality Act: judicial review
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 560 (Ammiano) – Sentencing: mandatory supervision
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 566 (Wieckowski) – Courts: personal services contracting
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 568 (Muratsuchi) – Criminal procedure: testimony of law enforcement officers
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 604 (Ammiano) – Eyewitness identification
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 619 (Garcia) – Court facilities
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 648 (Jones-Sawyer) – Court reporters
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 651 (Bradford) – Convictions: expungement
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 655 (Quirk-Silva) – Court reporters: salary fund
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 723 (Quirk) – Postrelease community supervision: revocation: release on bail
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 756 (Melendez) – California Environmental Quality Act: judicial review: public works projects
JC Position: Oppose
AB 765 (Ammiano) – Sentencing
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 787 (Stone) – Foster care
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 805 (Jones-Sawyer) – Bail
JC Position: Support, if amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 807 (Ammiano) – Criminal investigations: eye witness identification
JC Position: Oppose specific provisions; no position on remaining provisions
Position Letter(s)
AB 868 (Ammiano) – Courts: training programs: gender identity and sexual orientation
JC Position: No position
Position Letter(s)
AB 885 (Ammiano) – Discovery: prosecutorial duty to disclose information
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1004 (Gray) – Crimes: electronic arrest warrant
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 1006 (Yamada) – Juvenile court records: sealing and destruction
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1014 (Skinner) – Gun violence restraining orders
JC Position: Neutral
Position Letter(s)
AB 1118 (Hagman) – Statewide bail schedule
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1127 (Chau) – Legal aid: court interpreters
JC Position: Neutral
Position Letter(s)
AB 1131 (Skinner) – Firearms
JC Position: Support specific provisions
Position Letter(s)
AB 1167 (Dickinson) – Court records: electronic forms
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1293 (Bloom) – Courts: efficiencies
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 1296 (Skinner) – Firearms
JC Position: Support specific provisions
Position Letter(s)
AB 1352 (Levine) – Courts: destruction of court records
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 1403 (Committee on Judiciary) – Family law: subordinate judicial officers
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1441 (Stone) – Pupils in foster care: transfers between schools: educational records: course credit
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1585 (Alejo) – Human trafficking
JC Position: Support, if amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 1591 (Achadjian) – Firearms
JC Position: Support, if amended and funded
Position Letter(s)
AB 1610 (Bonta) – Material witnesses: human trafficking
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1618 (Chesbro) – Juveniles: case file inspection
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 1657 (Gomez) – Courts: interpreters
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 1659 (Chau) – Civil actions: post-verdict motions
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1698 (Wagner) – Falsified public records
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 1708 (Alejo) – Jurors: peace officer exemption
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 1773 (Allen) – Public contracts: courts
JC Position: Support, if funded
Position Letter(s)
AB 1887 (Campos) – Prostitution: human trafficking: sealing and destruction of arrest record
JC Position: Support, if amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 1932 (Jones) – Appellate court decisions
JC Position: Neutral
Position Letter(s)
AB 2034 (Gatto) – Elder and dependent adults: protective orders: visitation
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 2085 (Fox) – Vehicles: misdemeanor violations
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 2089 (Quirk) – Domestic violence: protective orders
JC Position: Oppose, unless amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 2098 (Levine) – Military personnel: veterans: sentencing: mitigating circumstances
JC Position: Support, if amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 2124 (Lowenthal) – Misdemeanor offenses: deferral of sentencing
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2186 (Lowenthal) – Defendants: competency
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2190 (Maienschein) – Criminal defendants: gravely disabled persons
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2195 (Achadjian) – Juvenile: truancy
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2332 (Wieckowski) – Courts: personal services contracts
JC Position: Oppose, unless amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 2397 (Frazier) – Criminal procedure: defendant’s appearance by video
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2454 (Quirk-Silva) – Foster youth: nonminor dependents
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2487 (Wagner) – Witness testimony: copies of transcripts
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2499 (Bonilla) – Offenders: home detention programs
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2573 (Stone) – Foster care: transition jurisdiction
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2625 (Achadjian) – Defendants: competence
JC Position: Support
Position Letter(s)
AB 2645 (Dababneh) – Probation: mandatory supervision: transfer of case
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2683 (Cooley) – Contempt: jurors
JC Position: Sponsor
Position Letter(s)
AB 2724 (Bradford) – Failure to appear in court: fines
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
AB 2745 (Committee on Judiciary) – Courts
JC Position: Sponsor to specific provisions
Position Letter(s)
Senate - 2013-14
SB 123 (Corbett) – Environmental and Land-Use Court
JC Position: Oppose
SB 210 (Hancock) – Criminal procedure: pretrial release on defendant’s own recognizance
JC Position: Support
SB 233 (Leno and Correa) – Debt buying
JC Position: Support
SB 260 (Hancock) – Sentencing
JC Position: Oppose
SB 366 (Wright) – Traffic fines: ability to pay
JC Position: Oppose
SB 378 (Block) – Official record of conviction: admissibility of electronically digitized copy
JC Position: Support
SB 406 (Evans) – Tribal Court Civil Money Judgment Act
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 419 (Block) – Flash incarceration
JC Position: Support
SB 513 (Hancock) – Diversion programs: sealed record
JC Position: Support, if funded and amended
SB 530 (Wright) – Criminal offenders: reemployment
JC Position: Oppose specific provisions
SB 569 (Lieu) – Interrogations: electronic recordation
JC Position: Oppose specific provision
SB 597 (Lara) – Legal aid: court interpreters
JC Position: Support, if amended and funded
SB 663 (Lara) – Crimes: persons with developmental and intellectual disabilities
JC Position: Support provisions relating to trial dates
SB 717 (DeSaulnier) – Search warrants: driving under the influence
JC Position: Support
SB 743 (Steinberg) – Environmental quality: judicial review streamlining for environmental leadership development projects and entertainment and sports center in the City of Sacramento
JC Position: Oppose
SB 794 (Evans) – Peremptory challenges
JC Position: Support
SB 940 (Jackson) – California Conservatorship Jurisdiction Act
JC Position: Support
SB 1038 (Leno) – Juveniles: dismissal of petition
JC Position: Support, if amended and funded
SB 1110 (Jackson) – Arraignment: military and veteran status: forms
JC Position: Support, if amended
SB 1133 (Anderson) – Juries: peace officer exemption
JC Position: Oppose
SB 1190 (Jackson) – Courts: judgeships
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 1193 (Evans) – Controlled substances: destruction of seized marijuana: cause of action
JC Position: Oppose, unless amended
SB 1222 (Block) – Dismissal: criminal action
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 1227 (Hancock) – Diversion: members of the military
JC Position: Support, if amended
SB 1313 (Nielsen) – Courts: court reporters
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 1398 (Cannella) – Environmental quality: flood control activities: Salinas River
JC Position: Oppose
SB 1412 (Nielsen) – Criminal proceedings: mentally incompetent offenders
JC Position: Support
Assembly - 2011-12
AB 73 (Feuer) – Dependency proceedings: public access
JC Position: Support
AB 109 (Committee on Budget) – Criminal justice alignment
JC Position: No position
AB 141 (Fuentes) – Jurors: electronic communications
JC Position: Support
AB 212 (Beall) – California Fostering Connections to Success
JC Position: Support
AB 314 (Gorell) – Court facilities
JC Position: Oppose
AB 362 (Lowenthal) – Elections: office of superior court judge: write-in candidate
JC Position: Support
AB 458 (Atkins) – Guardianship
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 520 (Ammiano) – Sentencing
JC Position: Oppose
AB 618 (Furutani) – Court interpreters
JC Position: Oppose
AB 738 (Hagman) – Public employees’ retirement: elected officials
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
AB 973 (Campos) – Trial Courts: budget process: public meeting
JC Position: Support if amended
AB 1067 (Huber) – Civil procedure: orders
JC Position: Support if amended
AB 1208 (Calderon) – Trial Courts: administration
JC Position: Oppose, but support Chief Justice’s framework
AB 1264 (Hagman) – Statewide Bail Commission: statewide bail schedule
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1284 (Hagman) – Probation bonds
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1337 (Alejo) – Parent and child relationship
JC Position: Support
AB 1403 (Committee on Judiciary) – Civil actions
JC Position: Support Section 2
AB 1405 (Committee on Judiciary) – Courts: judgeships
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 1406 (Committee on Judiciary) – Dissolution of marriage: disclosure
JC Position: Support
AB 1444 (Feuer) – California Environmental Quality Act: expedited judicial review
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1709 (Mitchell) – Juveniles: jury trial
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1712 (Beall) – Minors and nonminor dependents: out-of-home placement
JC Position: Support
AB 1893 (Wagner) – Probate proceedings: rules of practice
JC Position: Support
AB 1913 (Skinner) – Postrelease community supervision: revocation: release on bail
JC Position: Oppose
AB 2073 (Silva) – Courts: electronic filing and service of documents in the trial courts
JC Position: Support
AB 2076 (Ma) – Official court reporter fee
JC Position: No position
AB 2106 (Wagner) – Civil procedure: motion to set aside and vacate a judgment and motion for a new trial
JC Position: Support
AB 2163 (Knight) – California Environmental Quality Act: expedited judicial review
JC Position: Oppose
AB 2274 (Lara) – Vexatious litigants
JC Position: Support
AB 2299 (Feuer) – Local government: public safety officials: confidentiality
JC Position: Support
AB 2365 (Nestande) – Family law: child custody
JC Position: Support
AB 2381 (Hernández) – Judicial Council: employer-employee relations
JC Position: No position
AB 2393 (Davis) – Family law: child support formula
JC Position: Support
AB 2442 (Williams) – State property: California Hope Public Trust
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
AB 2501 (Garrick) – State government
JC Position: Oppose
AB 2683 (Committee on Judiciary) – Guardianships: venue
JC Position: Sponsor
Senate - 2011-12
SB 210 (Hancock) – Criminal procedure: release on defendant’s own recognizance
JC Position: Oppose
SB 221 (Simitian) – Small claims court: jurisdiction
JC Position: Support
SB 270 (Hernandez) – State employees: compensation
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
SB 326 (Yee) – Court records: public access
JC Position: Oppose
SB 384 (Evans) – Civil actions
JC Position: Support
SB 405 (Corbett) – Judgeships
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 428 (Strickland) – Public Safety Omnibus Bill
JC Position: Support
SB 503 (Vargas) – Judges’ retirement
JC Position: Co-Sponsor
SB 565 (DeSaulnier) – Vehicles: traffic violator schools: fees
JC Position: Support
SB 647 (Committee on Judiciary) – Civil law: omnibus bill
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 731 (Committee on Judiciary) – Civil actions
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 848 (Emmerson) – Court of appeal districts
JC Position: Oppose
SB 858 (Gaines) – Probation: chief probation officer of Nevada County
JC Position: Oppose
SB 1048 (Liu) – Juveniles
JC Position: Oppose
SB 1124 (Cannella) – Prisons: cost of incarceration: reimbursement
JC Position: Oppose
SB 1214 (Cannella) – California Environmental Quality Act
JC Position: Oppose
SB 1433 (Alquist) – Domestic violence: protective orders
JC Position: Support
SB 1574 (Committee on Judiciary) – Discovery: electronically stored information
JC Position: Sponsor