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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 136: Courts.

Passed one chamber 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

SB 136 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Courts. Primary sponsor: Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. Most recent recorded action (June 24, 2025): From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

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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 Budget and Fiscal ReviewPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)Senate—

“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. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.
  2. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.
  3. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
  4. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 442.) Ordered to the Assembly.
  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  6. Ordered to second reading.
  7. Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 384.)
  8. Referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
  9. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
  10. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sources

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