61DF9AFBCD90342787258AA20072314E Hearing Summary

Brian Boatright, Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court; Steve Vasconcellos, State Court Administrator; and Terry Scanlon, Legislative Liaison, appeared on behalf of the Judicial Branch.  The Judicial Department representatives discussed the recent vandalism incident at the Judicial Center. 

Committee members asked questions about controlled maintenance budget requests, repairs, and associated timelines. 

The committees was briefed on the Judicial Branch's activities, duties, budget request, and legislative agenda.  Diversity on the bench was also discussed, followed by operations in the new 23rd Judicial District.  Discussion ensued regarding the case tracking website, and personnel issues in the Judicial Branch.

Discussion continued about a potential conflict in state law pertaining to live streaming of court proceedings and public access to Judicial Branch data.  Committee members asked questions about the case management system.

 

Further questions were raised about pretrial services. 

The Judicial Department slide deck and supporting documents may be found at this link: https://leg.colorado.gov/content/sjud2024asmartact

Alan Higbie, representing himself, testified on the Judicial Branch.