BILL NUMBER: AB 1708	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2014

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1708, as introduced, Alejo. Jurors: peace officer exemption.
   Existing law excludes 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 exclude additional peace officers, including
certain parole officers, probation officers, deputy probation
officers, board coordinating parole agents, correctional officers,
transportation officers of a probation department, and other
employees of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the
State Department of Mental Health, and the Board of Parole Hearings,
from voir dire in civil and criminal matters.
   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 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 
 a  peace officer, as defined in Section 830.1, subdivision
(a) of Section 830.2,  and  subdivision (a) of
Section 830.33,  or subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 830.5 
of the Penal Code, shall  not  be selected for voir dire in
civil or criminal matters.
   (2) Notwithstanding subdivision (a),  no   a
 peace officer, as defined in  subdivisions 
 subdivision  (b)  and   or  (c)
of Section 830.2 of the Penal Code, shall  not  be selected
for voir dire in criminal matters.