Bill Text: OR SB464 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to juries.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB464 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-SB464-Introduced.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session NOTE: Matter within { + braces and plus signs + } in an amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within { + braces and plus signs + } . LC 1606 Senate Bill 464 Sponsored by Senator SHIELDS SUMMARY The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced. Requires court to inform jury of certain mandatory minimum sentences prior to deliberation. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to juries; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 136.325. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. { + Prior to the jury's deliberation in a criminal proceeding in which a defendant is charged with a crime listed in ORS 137.700 or 137.707, the court shall inform the jury of any sentence that the court is required to impose if the defendant is convicted of the charge. + } SECTION 2. ORS 136.325 is amended to read: 136.325. Except as required in ORS 161.313 and 163.150 { + and section 1 of this 2013 Act + }, the jury in a criminal proceeding may not be informed of, and may not consider, any punishment that the court may impose if the defendant is convicted of the charge. SECTION 3. { + Section 1 of this 2013 Act and the amendments to ORS 136.325 by section 2 of this 2013 Act apply to trials in which a person is charged with the commission of a crime listed in ORS 137.700 or 137.707 that is alleged to have been committed on or after the effective date of this 2013 Act. + } ----------