COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• AB 1032, Pacheco. Courts: court interpreters. Makes various changes to the Trial Court Interpreter Employment and Labor Relations Act (TCIELRA), a statutory framework governing employer-employee relations between trial courts and court interpreters, as provided. An act to amend Section 71812.5 of, to amend and repeal Sections 71804, 71805, and 71829 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 71801, 71802, 71803, 71804.5, 71806, 71808, and 71828 of, and to add Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 71900) to Title 8 of, the Government Code, relating to courts.

• AB 1253, Maienschein. Hearsay: exceptions. This bill allows hearsay statements from a victim, eyewitness, or medical examiner in a sexually violent predator (SVP) probable cause hearing. An act to add Section 1285 to the Evidence Code, relating to hearsay.

• AB 1754, Committee on Judiciary. Maintenance of the codes. This bill is the annual maintenance of the codes bill. There are no changes to existing law. This bill is nonsubstantive. An act to amend Sections 2270, 2530.2, 2533.6, 2570.3, 2786, 10083.2, 10166.07, and 18975 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Sections 47, 1749.8, 1749.8.1, 1788.18, 1798.99.31, 2924f, and 3273.50 of the Civil Code, to amend Sections 98, 377.34, 681.030, 683.110, 685.010 and 1002 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to amend Sections 1151 and 13401 of the Corporations Code, to amend Sections 8902, 17250.62, 20091, 41329, 41490, 41585, 42238.01, 42238.5, 45301, 47605, 47605.6, 48432.5, 51461, 51747, 52073.3, 52511, 53071, 53076.1 54692, 67102.5, 67329.51, 67385.7, 71093, 78212.5, 94146, 94150, and 94151 of the Education Code, to amend Sections 2194, 2196, 7300, 12303, 13312, and 21575 of the Elections Code, to amend Section 1227 of the Evidence Code, to amend Sections 7571, 7572, and 17552 of the Family Code, to amend Sections 6539.8, 6588.7, 7906, 7929.011, 8586.5, 8588.9, 8594.13, 8699, 9902, 11019.81, 11188, 12100.63, 12100.101, 12100.103, 12100.163, 14560, 14838.1, 16429.10, 19402, 20825.14, 21024, 26666.5, 51010, 53087.9, 54953, 54954.2, 61105, 65585, 65850.52, 65852.24, 65912.113, 65912.123, 65913.4, and 68645.2 of, and to amend and renumber Section 8654.2 of, the Government Code, to amend Sections 1418.22, 1568.23, 1568.28, 1568.271, 1568.295, 1596.955, 1748, 11361.9, 18941.17, 25173.7, 25205.2, 25214.8.11.2, 25214.8.11.6, 25269.2, 25403.1, 25404, 25501, 38561.3, 39741.5, 44225, 44287, 50199.23, 50254, 50720.2, 53559, 105250.5, 105254, 127501.4, 127502.5, 127507.2, 128736, 150204.5, and 150204.6 of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Sections 1156.35, 1410, 1471, 1472, 1771.4, 2671, 2783, 3073.1, 4610, 4903.6, and 6409.6 of, and to amend and renumber Section 5414.3 of, the Labor Code, to amend Sections 146e, 236.14, 236.15, 653.29, 679.12, 680, 832.7, 1001.81, 1170, 1170.02, 1172.1, 1172.2, 1203.425, 1385, 1465.9, 11105, 11163.5, 13680, and 13683 of the Penal Code, to amend Section 854 of the Probate Code, to amend Section 20146 of the Public Contract Code, to amend Sections 2207, 5580, 5581, 9084, 21080.58, 21168.6.9, 25545, 25545.1, 25545.3.5, 25545.5, 25793, 25794.1, 35160, 42041, 42051, 42051.1, 42053, 42057, 42060, 42060.5, 42061, 42064.01, 42081, 42420.1, 42420.3, 42422.1, 42422.5, 42425.1, 42463, 42465, 42476, 42479 of, and to amend and renumber Section 25454.7.2 of, the Public Resources Code, to amend Sections 5900 and 125222 of the Public Utilities Code, to amend Sections 214.15.1, 327, 6377, 10783.2, 12206, 17053.80, 19586, 23628, and 34019 of, and to amend and renumber Section 17131.12 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, to amend Section 894 of the Streets and Highways Code, to amend Sections 22, 5204, 12811, 23301.5, 40000.11, and 40225 of the Vehicle Code, to amend Sections 12687.5 and 80710 of the Water Code, and to amend Sections 726, 1732.9, 3200, 5275, 5346, 6609.1, 8257, 10850, 11454.5, 11495.15, 14197.45, 16501.1, and 18929 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to maintenance of the codes.

• AB 1756, Committee on Judiciary. Committee on Judiciary: judiciary omnibus. Makes numerous technical and non-controversial changes to the existing law contained within the codes subject to the jurisdiction of the Committee on Judiciary. An act to amend Sections 6092.5, 17510.9, 17510.95, and 26070.5 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Sections 1939.23, 2924m, 2982, and 2982.12 of the Civil Code, to amend Sections 430.41, 435.5, 439, 703.150, 704.730, 1161.3, and 1281.98 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Section 664.6 of, the Code of Civil Procedure, to amend Sections 5008.9, 6610.5, and 8610.5 of the Corporations Code, to amend Section 9303 of, and to repeal Section 562 of, the Family Code, to amend Sections 811.9, 905.2, 990.2, 7920.500, 12587, 12587.1, 12591.1, 12599, 12599.1, 12599.2, 12599.3, 12599.6, 12599.8, 12599.9, 12945.21, 26529, 27647, 53214.5, 65965, 68111, 69894.3, and 77210 of, to add Sections 73643, 73953, 74146, 74343, and 74743 of, to repeal Sections 26524 and 27648 of, and to repeal and add Section 69894.4 of, the Government Code, to amend Sections 11488.4, 11488.5, and 25299.52 of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Sections 1458, 2469, and 9765 of, and to amend and renumber Section 16106 of, to add the heading of Article 6 (commencing with Section 16110) to Chapter 1 of Part 4 of Division 9 of the Probate Code, and to amend Section 10850.4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to state government.

• SB 35, Umberg. Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program. This bill modifies the Community, Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act, which requires certain counties to implement the CARE Court Program beginning October 1, 2023. An act to amend Section 1370.01 of the Penal Code, and to amend Sections 5970, 5970.5, 5971, 5972, 5973, 5974, 5975.1, 5976, 5976.5, 5977, 5977.1, 5977.2, 5977.3, 5977.4, 5978, 5981.5, 5982, 5983, and 5986 of, and to add Sections 5975.2 and 5975.3 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to courts, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 40, Umberg. State Bar of California. This bill authorizes the State Bar of California (State Bar) to collect annual license fees for 2024 in the same amount as 2023, and makes various other changes to the State Bar Act. An act to amend Sections 6001, 6001.3, 6007, 6021, 6026.7, 6036, 6037, 6054, 6060, 6060.3, 6063, 6065, 6086.1, 6086.15, 6102, 6140, 6140.5, 6141, 6144.1, and 6145 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 6140.55 and 6140.9 of, to add Sections 6001.5, 6011, 6012, 6086.20, 6090.8, and 6145.1 to, and to repeal Section 6238 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to attorneys.

• SB 75, Roth. Courts: judgeships. Authorizes 26 new judicial positions for the superior courts. An act to add Section 69614.5 to the Government Code, relating to courts.

• SB 133, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. Courts. This is the Courts trailer bill that includes provisions required to implement the 2023 Budget Act. An act to amend Section 6219 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Section 367.75 of, to add Sections 367.8 and 367.10 to, and to add and repeal Section 367.76 of, the Code of Civil Procedure, to amend Sections 68933, 69894, 70602.6, and 70662 of, to amend and repeal Sections 70616, 70617, 70657, and 70677 of, and to add Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 68655) to Title 8 of, the Government Code, to add Section 1473.1 to the Penal Code, and to add and repeal Section 679.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to courts, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.

• SB 548, Niello. Public employees' retirement: joint county and trial court contracts. This bill authorizes a county and the trial court located within the county to jointly elect to separate their joint CalPERS contract into individual contracts if the county and the trial court both make that election voluntarily, as specified. An act to amend Sections 7522.02, 20460.1, and 71624 of, and to add Sections 20471.2 and 20815.6 to, the Government Code, relating to retirement.

• SB 652, Umberg. Evidence: expert testimony. This bill provides that where the party bearing the burden of proof proffers expert testimony regarding medical causation and where that party's expert is required as a condition of testifying to opine that causation exists to a reasonable medical probability, the party not bearing the burden of proof may offer a contrary expert only if its expert is able to opine that the proffered alternative cause or causes each exists to a reasonable medical probability, except as provided. An act to add Section 801.1 to the Evidence Code, relating to evidence.