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 839 (Rubio) — California Environmental Quality Act: expediated judicial review: sustainable aviation fuel projects
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 1084 (Zbur) — Change of name and gender and sex identifier
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
Position Letter(s)
AB 1099 (Bryan) — Developmental services: initial intake: assessment
JC Position: Support
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 676 (Limon) — California Environmental Quality Act: judicial streamlining: state of emergency: fire
JC Position: Oppose
Position Letter(s)
SB 786 (Arreguin) — Planning and zoning: general plan: judicial challenges
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
Assembly - 2009-10
AB 5 (Evans) – Civil discovery: Electronic Discovery Act
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 12 (Beall) – California Fostering Connections to Success Act
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 32 (Lieu) – Public officials: personal information
JC Position: Support
AB 82 (Evans) – Dependent children: psychotropic medications
JC Position: Support
AB 131 (Evans) – Juvenile proceedings: costs
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 154 (Evans) – Adoption assistance: federal law
JC Position: Support
AB 170 (Mendoza) – Court reporters: rough draft transcript
JC Position: Support
AB 250 (Miller) – Criminal procedure: withdrawal of plea waivers
JC Position: Support
AB 273 (Anderson) – Collections
JC Position: Oppose
AB 447 (Nestande) – Criminal procedure: trial counsel: inability to pay
JC Position: Oppose
AB 590 (Feuer) – Legal aid
JC Position: Support
AB 612 (Beall) – Custody and visitation: nonscientific theories
JC Position: Oppose
AB 663 (Jones) – Legal aid: court interpreters
JC Position: Sponsor on specific provision
AB 712 (Evans) – Small claims court: equitable relief
JC Position: Support
AB 790 (Hernandez) – State employee compensation
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
AB 839 (Emmerson) – Medi-Cal providers: remedies
JC Position: Support
AB 908 (Berryhill, T.) – Probation: cost of services
JC Position: Oppose
AB 938 (Committee on Judiciary) – Dependent children: relative caregivers and foster parents
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 939 (Committee on Judiciary) – Family law proceedings
JC Position: Support
AB 942 (Committee on Judiciary) – Judgeships
JC Position: Support
AB 996 (Anderson) – Hours of operation
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1050 (Ma) – Child custody: preferences of the child
JC Position: Support
AB 1163 (Tran) – Attorney-client privilege: decedents’ estates
JC Position: Support
AB 1229 (Evans) – Juvenile court costs
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 1325 (Cook) – Tribal customary adoption
JC Position: Support
AB 1335 (Lieu) – Judicial elections: write-in candidates
JC Position: Support
AB 1338 (Anderson) – Arraignment courts
JC Position: Oppose unless funded
AB 1341 (Lowenthal, Bonnie) – Property taxation: possessory interests: Long Beach Courthouse
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 1596 (Hayashi) – Protective orders: emergency protective orders: enforcement priority: sexual assault
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 1655 (Evans) – Dependent children: psychotropic medications
JC Position: Support
AB 1697 (Hall) – Court security
JC Position: Neutral
AB 1699 (Hernandez) – State employee compensation
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
AB 1749 (Lowenthal, Bonnie) – Whistleblower Protection Act: Administrative Office of the Courts
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
AB 1852 (Portantino) – Dependent children: locating extended family members
JC Position: Support
AB 1894 (Monning) – Judges: disqualification
JC Position: Support
AB 1925 (Salas) – Veterans courts
JC Position: No position
AB 1926 (Evans) – Court records: preservation guidelines
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 1987 (Ma) – Public retirement: final compensation: computation: retirees
JC Position: Oppose specific provision
AB 2056 (Miller) – Criminal procedure: continuances: assault with intent to commit rape
JC Position: Oppose
AB 2116 (Evans) – Subordinate judicial officers: gifts and honoraria
JC Position: Support
AB 2119 (Tran) – Civil procedure: deadlines: computation
JC Position: Support
AB 2212 (Fuentes) – Minors: mental competency
JC Position: Support
AB 2217 (Fuentes) – Jurors: electronic communications
JC Position: Support
AB 2271 (Silva) – Probate: appeals
JC Position: Support
AB 2284 (Evans) – Jury trial: expedited jury trials
JC Position: Support
AB 2475 (Beall) – Judicial immunity
JC Position: Oppose
AB 2487 (Feuer) – Judge disqualification
JC Position: Support if amended
AB 2499 (Portantino) – Traffic violator schools: regulation
JC Position: Support
AB 2505 (Strickland) – Warrants: electronic signature: computer server transmission
JC Position: Support
AB 2521 (Torrico) – Courts: budget and fiscal management
JC Position: Oppose unless funded
AB 2763 (Committee on Judiciary) – Judicial needs assessment and subordinate judicial officer conversions
JC Position: Support
AB 2767 (Committee on Judiciary) – Civil omnibus bill
JC Position: Sponsor/ Support
Senate - 2009-10
SB 59 (Huff) – Criminal procedure: trials: continuances
JC Position: Oppose
SB 209 (Corbett and Harman) – Civil actions: disabled access
JC Position: Support
SB 210 (Runner) – Traffic violator schools: regulation
JC Position: Support
SB 259 (Benoit) – Common interest developments: election
JC Position: Oppose
SB 308 (Harman) – Professional fiduciaries
JC Position: Support
SB 319 (Harman) – Jury service
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 377 (Corbett) – Courts: judgeships
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 431 (Benoit) – Probation jurisdiction: transfers
JC Position: Support
SB 432 (Runner) – Crime victims’ restitution
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
SB 556 (Committee on Judiciary) – Courts
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 597 (Liu) – Child welfare services, foster care services, and adoption assistance
JC Position: Support
SB 678 (Leno and Benoit) – Criminal recidivism: community corrections program
JC Position: Support in concept
SB 752 (Wiggins) – Retirement
JC Position: Support in concept
SB 962 (Liu) – Prisoners: adjudication of parental rights: participation
JC Position: Support
SB 1041 (Harman) – Hearsay evidence: wills and revocable trusts
JC Position: Support
SB 1274 (Committee on Judiciary) – Electronic service of process
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 1417 (Cox) – Corporations for prevention of cruelty to children or animals: endorsement and appointment
JC Position: Support if amended
SB 1425 (Simitian). – Public Retirement: final compensation: computation: retirees
JC Position: Oppose specific provision
SB 1449 (Leno) – Marijuana possession: reclassification
JC Position: Support
SCA 27 (Harman) – Death penalty appeals: transfer
JC Position: Support
SBX2 11 (Steinberg) – Judges: employment benefits
JC Position: Sponsor
SBX2 12 (Steinberg) – Court facilities financing
JC Position: Sponsor
Assembly - 2007-08
AB 112 (Wolk) – Highways: Safety Enhancement Double Fine Zones
JC Position: Oppose
AB 117 (Beall) – Traffic offenses: additional assessment: traffic safety
JC Position: Oppose
AB 159 (Jones) – Courts: judgeships
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 163 (Mendoza) – Trial courts: limited-term employees
JC Position: Oppose
AB 225 (Beall) – Elder abuse: protective orders
JC Position: Support
AB 227 (Beall) – Trial court funding
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 367 (De León) – Court-ordered debts
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 369 (Solorio) – Child abuse reporting
JC Position: Support
AB 467 (Feuer) – Courts: access to justice
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 500 (Lieu) – Civil actions: telephonic appearances
JC Position: Support
AB 545 (Walters) – Judicial retirement: military service credit
JC Position: Support
AB 553 (Hernandez) – Public Employment Relations Board
JC Position: Oppose
AB 582 (Evans) – Court transcription fees
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
AB 758 (Plescia) – Vehicles: traffic violator schools: regulation
JC Position: Support
AB 863 (Davis) – Los Angeles County Superior Court Employees
JC Position: No position
AB 926 (Evans) – Civil discovery
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 1126 (Eng) – Civil discovery: unlawful detainer: subpoenas
JC Position: Support
AB 1248 (Evans) – Courts
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 1258 (Caballero) – Highways: Safety Enhancement Double Fine Zones
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1264 (Eng) – Courts: delay reduction: status conferences
JC Position: None
AB 1340 (Jones) – Safe and Secure Court Facility Bond Act of 2008
JC Position: Support
AB 1405 (Maze) – Juveniles: joint assessment of status: confidential information
JC Position: Support
AB 1424 (Davis) – Elder abuse: continuances
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
AB 1464 (Benoit) – Vehicles: Preclusion of vehicle registration and issuance of arrest warrant
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 1491 (Benoit) – Court facilities
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 1547 (Beall) – Juvenile court: termination of jurisdiction
JC Position: Support
AB 1557 (Feuer) – Jury selection: peremptory challenges
JC Position: Support
AB 1582 (Calderon, C.) – Crimes: marijuana: possession: penalty
JC Position: Support
AB 1660 (La Malfa) – Victims’ rights: presence during criminal proceedings
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1723 (Committee on Judiciary) – Attorneys: interest on lawyer trust accounts
JC Position: Support
AB 1726 (Committee on Judiciary) – Evidence: court interpreters
JC Position: Support in concept
AB 1727 (Committee on Judiciary) – Conservators and Guardians
JC Position: Support sections 1-8
AB 1769 (Galgiani) – Jurors: exemptions: peace officers
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1771 (Ma) – Domestic violence: convictions
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
AB 1822 (Beall) – Spousal support: sex offenders
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1826 (Beall) – Seized property: fees
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 1828 (Huff) – Jurors: exemptions: precinct workers
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1873 (Lieu) – Courts
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 1876 (de León) – Superior court security
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 1880 (Tran) – Guardians and conservators: bonds
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1949 (Evans) – Court operations
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 2014 (Tran) – Conservators and guardians: property in foreign jurisdictions
JC Position: Support
AB 2164 (Nakanishi) – County law libraries
JC Position: Oppose
AB 2166 (Tran) – Bail forfeiture: appeals
JC Position: Support
AB 2193 (Tran) – Civil discovery: out-of-state proceedings
JC Position: Support
AB 2247 (Spitzer) – Guardianships and conservatorships: investments and purchase of property
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
AB 2357 (Duvall) – Courts: private information
JC Position: Oppose unless amended; support if amended
AB 2379 (Evans) – Court records: appeal
JC Position: Oppose
AB 2448 (Feuer) – Courts: access to justice
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 2544 (Mullin) – Model civic education staff development program
JC Position: Support
AB 2553 (Solorio) – Domestic violence: ex parte orders
JC Position: No position
AB 2609 (Davis) – Vandalism: penalties: community service
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
AB 2736 (Cook) – Indian children: parental rights
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
AB 2846 (Feuer) – Common interest developments: assessments
JC Position: Support
AB 2884 (Portantino) – Court reporters: rough draft transcript
JC Position: Support
AB 3050 (Jones) – Legal aid: court interpreters: appearances by telephone
JC Position: Support in concept, if funded
AB 3051 (Jones) – Dependent children: court appearances
JC Position: Support
AB 3052 (Jones) – Court facilities
JC Position: Sponsor
Senate - 2007-08
SB 145 (Corbett) – Court facilities
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 241 (Kuehl) – Minors: legal representation: probate proceeding
JC Position: Support
SB 340 (Ackerman) – Access to Criminal History Information by Court Investigators
JC Position: Support and co-sponsor
SB 396 (Ridley-Thomas) – Dispute Resolution
JC Position: Oppose
SB 403 (Harman) – Child custody and visitation: drug and alcohol testing
JC Position: Support
SB 425 (Margett) – Public safety
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 431 (Aanestad and Wiggins) – Public employees’ retirement: Butte County and Solano County
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
SB 539 (Margett) – Trial Court Trust Fund
JC Position: Neutral
SB 1150 (Corbett) – Courts: judgeships
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 1233 (Harman) – Child custody, as introduced
JC Position: Support
SB 1255 (Harman) – Child custody
JC Position: Support
SB 1264 (Harman) – Wills and trusts: no contest clauses
JC Position: Support
SB 1407 (Perata) – Court facilities: financing
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 1432 (Margett) – Contractors: small claims
JC Position: Support
SB 1608 (Corbett, Harman, Steinberg, Runner, and Calderon) – Disabled persons: equal access rights: civil actions
JC Position: Oppose unless amended; neutral if amended
SB 1630 (Corbett) – Civil actions: place of trial
JC Position: No position
Assembly - 2005-06
AB 27 (Mullin) – Homicide Trial Costs
JC Position: Support
AB 104 (Cohn) – Protective orders: dismissal
JC Position: Oppose
AB 106 (Cohn) – Spousal battery: fines: amnesty
JC Position: Oppose
AB 176 (Bermudez) – Trial courts: limited-term employees
JC Position: Oppose
AB 202 (Harman) – Arbitration agreements
JC Position: Support
AB 262 (Berg) – Courts: transfer of county facilities
JC Position: Oppose
AB 355 (Tran) – Joint or several obligations
JC Position: Oppose
AB 496 (Aghazarian) – Service of process
JC Position: Support
AB 519 (Leno) – Parental rights
JC Position: Support with technical amendments
AB 541 (Harman) – Guardians
JC Position: Support
AB 664 (Jones) – Unlawful detainer: notice provisions
JC Position: Support
AB 750 (Mullin) – Trial court funding: San Mateo County
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1035 (Spitzer) – Public officials: home information
JC Position: Support
AB 1158 (Lieber) – Civil procedure: Anti-SLAPP Statute
JC Position: Neutral
AB 1307 (Dymally) – Child custody: equal joint custody
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1322 (Evans) – Judges: disqualification
JC Position: Co-sponsor
AB 1363 (Jones) – Omnibus Conservatorship and Guardianship Reform Act of 2006
JC Position: Support if funded
AB 1435 (Evans) – Courthouse Construction Fund
JC Position: Support if amended
AB 1453 (Daucher) – Venue: production of groundwater: Water Courts
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1459 (Canciamilla) – Small claims court: jurisdiction
JC Position: Oppose unless amended; support if amended
AB 1551 (Runner) – Sexual predators: dismissal of actions
JC Position: Neutral
AB 1595 (Evans) – Public officials: personal information
JC Position: Support
AB 1739 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) – California Commission on Access to Justice
JC Position: Support
AB 1742 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) – Courts: civil procedure
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 1787 (Cohn) – Emergency protective orders
JC Position: Support
AB 1797 (Bermúdez) – Trial courts: limited-term employees
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1831 (Jones) – California Critical Infrastructure Facilities Bond Acts 2006 & 2010
JC Position: Support
AB 1932 (Benoit) – Vehicles: traffic violator schools: regulation
JC Position: Support
AB 1993 (Nakanishi) – Jurors: exemptions
JC Position: Oppose
AB 1995 (Koretz) – Trial court employees: personnel files
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
AB 2031 (Cohn) – Dependent children
JC Position: Support
AB 2129 (Spitzer) – Firearms relinquishment: protective orders
JC Position: Sponsor
AB 2130 (DeVore) – Placement of children: values
JC Position: Oppose
AB 2159 (Cogdill) – Bail hearing: residential burglary
JC Position: No position
AB 2227 (Chu) – Court interpreters
JC Position: Support
AB 2301 (Asm. Jud. Comm.) – State Bar: legal services to the poor
JC Position: Support
AB 2302 (Asm. Jud. Comm.) – Evidence: court interpreters
JC Position: Support if funded
AB 2303 (Asm. Jud. Comm.) – Civil omnibus: court operation
JC Position: Sponsor of specified provisions
AB 2305 (Klehs) – Courts: court reporting
JC Position: Oppose unless funded and amended
AB 2455 (Nakanishi) – Small claims court: jurisdiction: claims against defendant guarantors
JC Position: Support
AB 2480 (Evans) – Dependent children: counsel
JC Position: Support if funded
AB 2550 (Blakeslee) – National Guard: exemption from jury duty
JC Position: Neutral
AB 2558 (Benoit) – Vehicles: suspension and revocation
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
AB 2618 (Berg) – Small claims court: actions
JC Position: Support
AB 2814 (Berg) – Criminal procedure: continuances
JC Position: Oppose
AB 2870 (De La Torre) – Correctional facilities: communicable diseases
JC Position: Support
ACR 30 (McCarthy) – Civic mission of schools
JC Position: Support
ACA 37 (Romero) – Victims’ rights
JC Position: No position
ACA 38 (DeVore) – The Supreme Court: jurisdiction: initiative measure and referendum
JC Position: Oppose
Senate - 2005-06
SB 56 (Dunn) – Trial courts: judgeships
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 57 (Alarcon) – Bail schedule: new penalty assessments
JC Position: Neutral if amended
SB 93 (Florez) – Local government finance: Tulare County
JC Position: Neutral
SB 171 (Alquist) – Interrogation: recording: jury instruction
JC Position: Neutral
SB 330 (Cedillo) – Criminal proceedings: mental competency
JC Position: Support
SB 359 (Ortiz) – Child custody
JC Position: Oppose
SB 395 (Escutia) – California Court Facilities Bond Act of 2006
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 422 (Simitian) – Small claims court: jurisdiction
JC Position: Support
SB 506 (Poochigian) – Voter records: confidentiality
JC Position: Support
SB 528 (Ackerman and Dunn) – Judges’ retirement systems
JC Position: Co-sponsor
SB 544 (Battin) – Sex offenders: custody and visitation
JC Position: Oppose
SB 575 (Torlakson) – Housing development projects: Anti-NIMBY Law
JC Position: No position
SB 726 (Florez) – Dependent children
JC Position: No position
SB 733 (Aanestad) – Public employees’ retirement: Butte County
JC Position: Oppose unless amended
SB 797 (Romero) – Crimes: marijuana possession: penalty
JC Position: Support
SB 874 (Romero) – Public contracts: jury service
JC Position: Support
SB 1015 (Murray) – Dissolution of marriage: financial declarations
JC Position: Oppose
SB 1116 (Scott) – Conservatorships
JC Position: Support
SB 1128 (Alquist) – Sex Offender Punishment, Control, and Containment Act of 2006
JC Position: No position
SB 1163 (Ackerman) – California Critical Infrastructure Facilities Bond Acts of 2006 & 2010
JC Position: Support
SB 1187 (Ackerman) – Judges’ Retirement System II
JC Position: Sponsor
SB 1211 (Poochigian) – Estates and trusts: creditors’ claims
JC Position: Support
SB 1257 (Morrow) – Criminal procedure: appeals: capital cases
JC Position: Oppose
SB 1281 (Romero) – Public contracts: jury service
JC Position: Support
SB 1364 (Battin) – Marriage licenses: public safety officials’ home addresses
JC Position: Support
SB 1375 (Lowenthal) – Courts: replacement of deficient facilities
JC Position: Support if amended
SB 1482 (Romero) – Child custody
JC Position: Oppose
SB 1550 (Figueroa) – Professional Fiduciaries Act
JC Position: Support
SB 1667 (Kuehl) – Dependent children
JC Position: Support
SB 1716 (Bowen) – Conservatorships
JC Position: Support if funded
SCA 3 (Lowenthal) – Elections: redistricting
JC Position: No position
SCA 16 (Runner) – Judicial districts: superior court judges
JC Position: Oppose
SCA 27 (Hollingsworth) – The Supreme Court: jurisdiction: initiatives and constitutional amendment
JC Position: Oppose