Senate BillNo. 428


Introduced by Senator Hall

February 25, 2015


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

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 428, as introduced, Hall. Juries: 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 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 State Hospitals, and the Board of Parole Hearings, from voir dire in 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:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 219 of the Code of Civil Procedure is
2amended to read:

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219.  

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the jury
4commissioner shall randomly select jurors for jury panels to be
5sent to courtrooms for voir dire.

6(b) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a),begin delete noend deletebegin insert aend insert peace officer, as
7defined in Section 830.1, subdivision (a) of Section 830.2,begin delete andend deletebegin insert orend insert
P2    1 subdivision (a) of Sectionbegin delete 830.33,end deletebegin insert 830.33end insert of the Penal Code, shall
2begin insert notend insert be selected for voir dire inbegin insert anyend insert civil or criminalbegin delete matters.end deletebegin insert matter.end insert

3(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (a),begin delete noend deletebegin insert aend insert peace officer, as
4defined inbegin delete subdivisionsend deletebegin insert subdivisionend insert (b)begin delete andend deletebegin insert orend insert (c) of Section 830.2begin insert,
5subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 830.5, or Section 830.55end insert
of the
6Penal Code, shallbegin insert notend insert be selected for voir dire inbegin insert anyend insert criminal
7begin delete matters.end deletebegin insert matter.end insert



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