BILL NUMBER: AB 1828 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Huff JANUARY 22, 2008 An act to add Section 204.5 to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to jury service. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1828, as introduced, Huff. Jury service: precinct workers. Under existing court rules adopted by the Judicial Council, a prospective juror who has served on a grand or trial jury or was summoned and appeared for jury service in any state or federal court during the previous 12 months must be excused from service upon request. This bill would excuse from jury service, upon request, a prospective juror who has served in this state during the previous 12 months on a statewide or local election day as a precinct officer or precinct board member. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 204.5 is added to the Code of Civil Procedure, to read: 204.5. Notwithstanding Section 204, a prospective juror who has served in this state during the previous 12 months on a statewide or local election day as a precinct officer or precinct board member shall be excused from jury service upon request.