Bill Text: CA SB310 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Jury service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 591, Statutes of 2019. [SB310 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB310-Amended.html
Amended
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Assembly
August 26, 2019 |
Amended
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Assembly
August 13, 2019 |
Amended
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Senate
May 17, 2019 |
Amended
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Senate
April 29, 2019 |
Amended
IN
Senate
March 21, 2019 |
Introduced by Senator Skinner |
February 15, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
(1)The Trial Jury Selection and Management Act (act) requires all persons be selected for jury service at random and from sources inclusive of a representative cross section of the population of the area served by the court. The act specifies that the list of registered voters and list of licensed drivers and identification cardholders who are resident within the area served by the court are appropriate source lists for the selection of jurors, and further specifies that these 2 source lists, when substantially purged of duplicate names, are considered inclusive of a representative cross section of the population.
This bill would add the list of state tax filers within the area served by the court as an appropriate list for the selection of jurors, and when substantially purged of duplicate names, would require this
list, together with the list of registered voters and the list of licensed drivers and identification cardholders, to be considered inclusive of a representative cross section of the population for the purposes of jury selection.
(2)The act prohibits persons who have been convicted of malfeasance in office or a felony, and whose civil rights have not been restored, from being eligible to be a trial juror.
This bill would delete the prohibition relative to persons who have been convicted of a felony from being qualified to be a trial juror, and instead would prohibit persons while they are incarcerated in any prison or jail or
disqualified from voting on the basis of a felony conviction pursuant to the California Constitution and the Elections Code.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
(a)All persons selected for jury service shall be selected at random, from a source or sources inclusive of a representative cross section of the population of the area served by the court. Sources may include, in addition to other lists, lists of customer mailing, lists of telephone directories, or lists of utility company recipients, who reside within the area served by the court.
(b)The list of registered voters, the Department of Motor Vehicles’ list of licensed drivers and identification cardholders, and the list of state tax filers, within the area served by the court, are appropriate lists for selection of jurors. These three source lists,
when substantially purged of duplicate names, shall be considered inclusive of a representative cross section of the population, within the meaning of subdivision (a).
(c)The Department of Motor Vehicles shall furnish the jury commissioner of each county with the current list of the names, addresses, and other identifying information of persons residing in the county who are 18 years of age or older and who are holders of a current driver’s license or identification card issued pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 12800) of, or Article 5 (commencing with Section 13000) of, Chapter 1 of Division 6 of the Vehicle Code. The conditions under which these lists shall be compiled semiannually shall be determined by the director, consistent with any rules that may be adopted by the Judicial Council. This service shall be provided by the
Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 1812 of the Vehicle Code. The jury commissioner shall not disclose the information furnished by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to this section to any person, organization, or agency.
SEC. 2.SECTION 1.
Section 203 of the Code of Civil Procedure is amended to read:203.
(a) All persons are eligible and qualified to be prospective trial jurors, except the following:(10)Persons while they are disqualified from voting on the basis of a felony conviction pursuant to the California Constitution and the Elections Code.