Bill Text: CA AB87 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 87 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Jurors: peremptory challenge.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Passed) 2015-07-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 115, Statutes of 2015. [AB87 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB87-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 87	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  115
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 16, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 16, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 25, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 29, 2015
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 1, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mark Stone
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Chiu)

                        JANUARY 7, 2015

   An act to amend Section 231.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure,
relating to jurors.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 87, Mark Stone. Jurors: peremptory challenge.
   Existing law prohibits a party from using a peremptory challenge
to remove a prospective juror on the basis of an assumption that the
prospective juror is biased merely because of his or her race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, or similar
grounds.
   This bill would also prohibit a party from using a peremptory
challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of ethnic group
identification, age, genetic information, or disability.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 231.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure is amended
to read:
   231.5.  A party shall not use a peremptory challenge to remove a
prospective juror on the basis of an assumption that the prospective
juror is biased merely because of a characteristic listed or defined
in Section 11135 of the Government Code, or similar grounds.