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Judicial Council adopts 2025 legislative priorities emphasizing funding stability, access and security
Summary
The Judicial Council approved its 2025 legislative priorities, urging stable baseline funding, improved physical and online access, increased security measures, and continued support for court operations and implementation work, with one council member recorded as abstaining.
The Judicial Council approved a slate of legislative priorities for 2025 aimed at supporting court operations and improving access and security across the branch.
Justice Bulveruey (Legislation Committee chair) and Corey Jasperson (director, Governmental Affairs) outlined the committee's recommendations: seek stable, reliable baseline funding for annual operations; expand physical access and online services where effective; increase protections against physical, online and cyber threats; pursue funding for additional judgeships in high‑need counties; and support access‑to‑justice measures such as addressing court‑reporter shortages to preserve verbatim records. They also proposed delegating authority to the legislation committee to take positions consistent with the council's established policies.
Council members discussed implementation logistics and the timing of the legislative session; the council moved and approved the recommended priorities, with one abstention recorded in the voice vote.
