Amendments to Judicial Council Rules

This section contains recent rule amendments adopted by the Judicial Council, summaries offering short descriptions of the amendments, and the full reports that were presented to the Judicial Council along with the public comments received. Please refer to the history legend of each rule for its effective date.

Adopted April 15: Amendments effective July 1 and September 20, 2005. (PDF, 110 KB)

Adopted December 10: Amendments effective December 10, 2004 and January 1, 2005. (PDF, 39 KB)

Adopted October 15: Amendments effective October 15, November 1, 2004, and January 1, 2005. (PDF, 800 KB)

Adopted August 27: Amendments effective January 1, 2005. (PDF, 973 KB)

Adopted June 23: Amendments effective June 23 and October 1, 2004. (PDF, 119 KB)

Adopted April 23: Amendments effective July 1, 2004. (PDF, 40 KB)

Adopted February 27: Amendments effective February 27 and July 1, 2004. (PDF, 13 KB)

Adopted December 5: Amendments effective January 1, 2004 (PDF, 43 KB)

Rule 229. Proposed jury instructions, effective January 1, 2004. (PDF, 10 KB)

Amendments effective January 1, 2004 (PDF, 639 KB)

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