BILL NUMBER: AB 1769	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        JANUARY 9, 2008

   An act to amend Section 219 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
relating to jury service.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1769, as introduced, Galgiani. Jury service: peace officer
exemption.
   Existing law exempts certain peace officers from voir dire in
civil and criminal matters, and other specified peace officers from
voir dire in criminal matters.
   This bill would exempt all peace officers, as defined, from voir
dire in civil and criminal matters.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 219 of the Code of Civil Procedure is amended
to read:
   219.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the jury
commissioner shall randomly select jurors for jury panels to be sent
to courtrooms for voir dire.
   (b)  (1)    Notwithstanding
subdivision (a), no peace officer, as defined in  Section
830.1, subdivision (a) of Section 830.2, and subdivision (a) of
Section 830.33,   Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section
830) of Title 3 of Part 2  of the Penal Code, shall be selected
for voir dire in civil or criminal matters. 
   (2) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), no peace officer, as defined
in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 830.2 of the Penal Code, shall
be selected for voir dire in criminal matters.