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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 136: Courts.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 136 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Courts. Primary sponsor: Committee on Budget. Most recent recorded action (June 27, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 11, Statutes of 2025.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

(1)Existing law requires the Judicial Council to sponsor a pilot program for 2 fiscal years to study whether increases in juror compensation and mileage reimbursement rates increase juror diversity and participation. Existing law requires the Judicial Council to provide a report to the Legislature describing the findings of the pilot program and providing information for promoting juror diversity by September 1, 2026. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2027.

This bill would repeal these provisions.

(2)Existing law requires the Administrative Office of the Courts, an obsolete entity, to perform specified functions. Under existing law, any reference to the Administrative Office of the Courts means the Judicial Council.

This bill would revise references to the Administrative Office of the Courts to the Judicial Council.

(3)Existing law requires the Judicial Council to annually report to the Department of Finance, the Legislature, and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee the total amount of revenue collected in the prior fiscal year, by each court and county, from criminal fines, fees, forfeitures, penalties, restitution fines, and assessments related to infractions, misdemeanors, and felonies, as specified.

This bill would require the Judicial Council to annually, on or before February 1, provide a report to the Legislature on the operations of each trial court that includes specified operational and budgetary metrics for the prior fiscal year, including, among others, backlogs and staff vacancies.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Committee on BudgetPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)Assembly—

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 11, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 2337.).
  5. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 19. Page 2329.)
  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1807.).
  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 25).
  10. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
  11. Referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
  12. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page