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Judicial Council approves consent agenda that includes dozens of rules, forms and protective‑order updates
Summary
The Council approved a large consent agenda — including dozens of rules and forms proposals, updated protective‑order language to address firearm relinquishment, and changes to appellate video‑conferencing rules — after a motion from Judge Wood and a second from Justice Hill; two abstentions were recorded on specific items.
The Judicial Council approved a multi‑item consent agenda that included numerous rules and forms proposals, revisions to protective‑order forms addressing firearm relinquishment, and updates to appellate division video conferencing rules.
Judge Wood, vice chair of the Rules Committee, summarized the breadth of the work: "More than 2,000 pages of today's meeting materials were considered and are recommended by the Rules Committee," she said, noting that 35 of the 42 items on consent were rules and forms proposals and that 31 proposals circulated for public comment. She moved approval of the consent agenda; Justice Brad Hill seconded.
Among the items highlighted were a new rule and optional form to implement Senate Bill 949 to provide confidential break time for nursing parents in court proceedings, expanded authorization for remote appearances in Appellate Division oral‑argument video conferencing, and proposed protective‑order forms that include items to record firearm possession and relinquishment to law enforcement or a licensed gun dealer. The Council approved the consent agenda; the meeting transcript records two abstentions on specific items (items 20 and 44). The transcript does not provide a full numeric roll call in the record.
