AB 1283, as introduced, Ting. Civil procedure: trial jury selection.
Existing law prohibits an eligible person from being exempt from service as a trial juror by reason of, among other things, economic status, race, religion, sex, or for any other reason.
This bill would specify that marital status is also a prohibited reason to exempt an eligible person from service as a trial juror.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 204 of the Code of Civil Procedure is
2amended to read:
(a) begin deleteNo end deletebegin insertAn end inserteligible person shallbegin insert notend insert be exempt from service
4as a trial juror by reason of occupation, economicbegin insert or maritalend insert status,
5begin delete orend delete any characteristic listed or defined in Section 11135 of the
6Government Code, or for any other reason.begin delete Noend deletebegin insert
Aend insert person shallbegin insert notend insert
7 be excused from service as a trial juror except as specified in
8subdivision (b).
P2 1(b) An eligible person may be excused from jury service only
2for undue hardship, upon themselves or upon the public, as defined
3by the Judicial Council.
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