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Judiciary asks for $39.6M to finish statewide court technology system and 18 staff to operate it
Summary
The Administrative Office of the Courts told the Judiciary Committee it needs $39.6 million more to complete a statewide court technology solution (e-filing, case management, reporting) and 18 permanent positions for implementation and ongoing support; prior appropriation totals $75 million.
Michelle Long, executive director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to support a $39,625,000 nonrecurring request and $2,109,000 recurring funding to add 18 permanent positions to finish a statewide court technology solution. Long described the system as an integrated e-filing, case-management and data-reporting platform that will replace disparate local systems and provide a public portal for case-level information.
Long said the General Assembly previously appropriated $75 million and that vendor estimates for a complete solution range from roughly $69 million to $199 million; the AOC seeks the middle ground and the additional funding to complete the data-management and reporting components. "It is a robust system that we are envisioning," Long said, emphasizing the project’s statewide scope and arguing permanence for the requested positions to maintain cybersecurity, configuration and user support. Committee members asked about staged rollouts, county readiness and licensing; AOC staff said the AOC/courts will own the data and that procurement will use commercial-off-the-shelf licensing with an integration hub to decouple future vendor replacements.
