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.