diff --git a/scripts/reports/count-event-codes-by-year.ts b/scripts/reports/count-event-codes-by-year.ts
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..18aadd8fd94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/reports/count-event-codes-by-year.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env npx ts-node --transpile-only
+
+// usage: scripts/reports/count-event-codes-by-year.ts  m01,m02 feew [-y 2000-2020]
+
+import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
+import {
+  ServerApplicationContext,
+  createApplicationContext,
+} from '@web-api/applicationContext';
+import { count } from '@web-api/persistence/elasticsearch/searchClient';
+import { parseArgs } from 'node:util';
+import { parseIntsArg } from './reportUtils';
+import { requireEnvVars } from '../../shared/admin-tools/util';
+import { validateDateAndCreateISO } from '@shared/business/utilities/DateHandler';
+
+requireEnvVars(['ENV', 'REGION']);
+
+let positionals, values;
+
+const config = {
+  allowPositionals: true,
+  options: {
+    stricken: {
+      default: false,
+      short: 's',
+      type: 'boolean',
+    },
+    verbose: {
+      default: false,
+      short: 'v',
+      type: 'boolean',
+    },
+    years: {
+      default: `${DateTime.now().toObject().year}`,
+      short: 'y',
+      type: 'string',
+    },
+  },
+  strict: true,
+} as const;
+
+function usage(warning: string | undefined) {
+  if (warning) {
+    console.log(warning);
+  }
+  console.log(`Usage: ${process.argv[1]} M071,m074 `);
+  console.log('Options:', JSON.stringify(config, null, 4));
+}
+
+const getCountDocketEntriesByEventCodesAndYears = async ({
+  applicationContext,
+  eventCodes,
+  onlyNonStricken,
+  years,
+}: {
+  applicationContext: ServerApplicationContext;
+  eventCodes: string[];
+  onlyNonStricken: boolean;
+  years?: number[];
+}): Promise<number> => {
+  const must: {}[] = [
+    {
+      bool: {
+        should: eventCodes.map(eventCode => {
+          return {
+            term: {
+              'eventCode.S': eventCode,
+            },
+          };
+        }),
+      },
+    },
+  ];
+  if (onlyNonStricken) {
+    must.push({
+      term: {
+        'isStricken.BOOL': false,
+      },
+    });
+  }
+  if (years && years.length) {
+    if (years.length === 1) {
+      must.push({
+        range: {
+          'receivedAt.S': {
+            gte: validateDateAndCreateISO({
+              day: '1',
+              month: '1',
+              year: String(years[0]),
+            }),
+            lt: validateDateAndCreateISO({
+              day: '1',
+              month: '1',
+              year: String(years[0] + 1),
+            }),
+          },
+        },
+      });
+    } else {
+      must.push({
+        bool: {
+          should: years.map(year => {
+            return {
+              range: {
+                'receivedAt.S': {
+                  gte: validateDateAndCreateISO({
+                    day: '1',
+                    month: '1',
+                    year: String(year),
+                  }),
+                  lt: validateDateAndCreateISO({
+                    day: '1',
+                    month: '1',
+                    year: String(year + 1),
+                  }),
+                },
+              },
+            };
+          }),
+        },
+      });
+    }
+  }
+  const searchParameters = {
+    body: {
+      query: {
+        bool: {
+          must,
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    index: 'efcms-docket-entry',
+  };
+  // console.log('Effective Query:', JSON.stringify(searchParameters, null, 4));
+
+  const results = await count({
+    applicationContext,
+    searchParameters,
+  });
+  return results;
+};
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
+(async () => {
+  try {
+    ({ positionals, values } = parseArgs(config));
+  } catch (ex) {
+    usage(`Error: ${ex}`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  if (positionals.length === 0) {
+    usage('invalid input: expected event codes');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  const eventCodes = positionals[0].split(',').map(s => s.toUpperCase());
+  const years: number[] = parseIntsArg(values.years);
+  const includeStricken = values.stricken;
+  const ret = await getCountDocketEntriesByEventCodesAndYears({
+    applicationContext: createApplicationContext({}),
+    eventCodes,
+    onlyNonStricken: !includeStricken,
+    years,
+  });
+  if (values.verbose) {
+    usage('Verbose output enabled');
+    console.log(`positionals: ${positionals}`);
+    console.log(`option values: ${values}`);
+  }
+  console.log(ret);
+})();
diff --git a/scripts/reports/event-codes-by-year.ts b/scripts/reports/event-codes-by-year.ts
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 426915dbcf7..66a707a71ed
--- a/scripts/reports/event-codes-by-year.ts
+++ b/scripts/reports/event-codes-by-year.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-// usage: npx ts-node --transpile-only scripts/reports/event-codes-by-year.ts M071,M074 2021-2022 > ~/Desktop/m071s-and-m074s-filed-2021-2022.csv
+#!/usr/bin/env npx ts-node --transpile-only
 
+// usage: scripts/reports/event-codes-by-year.ts M071,M074 [-y 2021-2022] > ~/Desktop/m071s-and-m074s-filed-2021-2022.csv
+
+import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 import { createApplicationContext } from '@web-api/applicationContext';
+import { parseArgs } from 'node:util';
+import { parseIntsArg } from './reportUtils';
 import { requireEnvVars } from '../../shared/admin-tools/util';
 import {
   search,
@@ -9,6 +14,27 @@ import {
 import { validateDateAndCreateISO } from '@shared/business/utilities/DateHandler';
 
 requireEnvVars(['ENV', 'REGION']);
+let positionals, values;
+
+const config = {
+  allowPositionals: true,
+  options: {
+    years: {
+      default: `${DateTime.now().toObject().year}`,
+      short: 'y',
+      type: 'string',
+    },
+  },
+  strict: true,
+} as const;
+
+function usage(warning: string | undefined) {
+  if (warning) {
+    console.log(warning);
+  }
+  console.log(`Usage: ${process.argv[1]} M071,m074 [-y 2023,2024]`);
+  console.log('Options:', JSON.stringify(config, null, 4));
+}
 
 const cachedCases: { [key: string]: RawCase } = {};
 
@@ -132,22 +158,19 @@ const getDocketEntriesByEventCodesAndYears = async ({
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-floating-promises
 (async () => {
-  const applicationContext = createApplicationContext({});
-
-  const eventCodes = process.argv[2].split(',');
-  const years: number[] = [];
-  const yearArg = process.argv[3];
-  if (yearArg.includes('-')) {
-    const [lower, upper] = yearArg.split('-');
-    for (let i = Number(lower); i <= Number(upper); i++) {
-      years.push(Number(i));
-    }
-  } else {
-    const yearStrings = yearArg.split(',');
-    for (const year of yearStrings) {
-      years.push(Number(year));
-    }
+  try {
+    ({ positionals, values } = parseArgs(config));
+  } catch (ex) {
+    usage(`Error: ${ex}`);
+    process.exit(1);
   }
+  if (positionals.length === 0) {
+    usage('invalid input: expected event codes');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  const eventCodes = positionals[0].split(',').map(s => s.toUpperCase());
+  const years: number[] = parseIntsArg(values.years);
+  const applicationContext = createApplicationContext({});
 
   const docketEntries = await getDocketEntriesByEventCodesAndYears({
     applicationContext,
diff --git a/scripts/reports/reportUtils.test.ts b/scripts/reports/reportUtils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3ae6473f068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/reports/reportUtils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { parseIntRange, parseInts, parseIntsArg } from './reportUtils';
+
+describe('parseIntsRange', () => {
+  it('returns array when given valid ranges', () => {
+    expect(parseIntRange('1-2')).toEqual([1, 2]);
+    expect(parseIntRange('3-1')).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
+    expect(parseIntRange('1-3')).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
+    expect(parseIntRange('0-0')).toEqual([0]); // hoot!
+    expect(parseIntRange('')).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('returns single item array when given single number', () => {
+    expect(parseIntRange('1')).toEqual([1]);
+  });
+
+  it('returns empty array when given no valid input', () => {
+    expect(parseIntRange('')).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('parseInts', () => {
+  it('should return empty array when given empty input', () => {
+    expect(parseInts('')).toEqual([]);
+  });
+  it('should ignore trailing comma', () => {
+    expect(parseInts('1,')).toEqual([1]);
+  });
+  it('should return an array when given comma-delimited list', () => {
+    expect(parseInts('1,2,3')).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
+  });
+  it('should return an array when given tab-delimited list', () => {
+    expect(parseInts('1\t2\t3', '\t')).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
+  });
+
+  it('should return array of ints', () => {
+    let ints = parseInts('1,2,3');
+    expect(ints).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
+    ints.forEach(n => {
+      expect(typeof n).toBe('number');
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('parseIntsArg', () => {
+  it('returns empty array when given empty input', () => {
+    expect(parseIntsArg('')).toEqual([]);
+  });
+  it('handles int ranges', () => {
+    expect(parseIntsArg('1-3')).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
+  });
+
+  it('handles int lists', () => {
+    expect(parseIntsArg('1,2,3')).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/scripts/reports/reportUtils.ts b/scripts/reports/reportUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0642abe4d11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/reports/reportUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+export function parseInts(ints: string, delimiter = ','): number[] {
+  let nums = ints
+    .split(delimiter)
+    .filter(s => s.length)
+    .map(s => parseInt(s));
+  return nums;
+}
+
+export function parseIntRange(intRange: string): number[] {
+  const ints = intRange
+    .split('-')
+    .filter(s => s.length)
+    .map(s => parseInt(s));
+  const min = Math.min(...ints);
+  const max = Math.max(...ints);
+  let rangeNums: number[] = [];
+  for (let i = min; i <= max; i++) {
+    rangeNums.push(i);
+  }
+  return rangeNums;
+}
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line spellcheck/spell-checker
+/**
+ *
+ * @param intstr a string containing an int (e.g. '1'), list of ints(e.g. '1,2,3'), or inclusive int range (e.g. '1-3')
+ * @returns an array of one or more integers
+ */
+export function parseIntsArg(intstr: string): number[] {
+  if (intstr.indexOf('-') > 0) {
+    return parseIntRange(intstr);
+  } else {
+    return parseInts(intstr);
+  }
+}