Bill Text: VA HB1546 | 2017 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Jurors; confidentiality of name and home address.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-24 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0753) [HB1546 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HB1546-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §19.2-263.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§19.2-263.3. Juror information confidential.
A. The court may, upon motion of either party or its own
motion, and for good cause shown, issue an order regulating the disclosure of
the personal information name and home address of a juror who has
been impaneled in a criminal trial to any person, other than to counsel for
either party or a pro se defendant. Good For the purposes of
this subsection, good cause shown includes, but is not limited to, a
determination by the court that there is a likelihood of bribery, tampering, or
physical injury to or harassment of a juror if his personal information is
disclosed. An order regulating the disclosure of information may be modified, and
the personal information names and home addresses of the jurors
in a criminal case may be disseminated to a person having a legitimate interest
or need for the information, with restrictions upon its use and further
dissemination as may be deemed appropriate by the court.
B. Additional personal information of a juror who has been impaneled in a criminal case shall be released only to the counsel for the defendant, a pro se defendant, and the attorney for the Commonwealth. The court may, upon motion of either party or its own motion, and for good cause shown, issue an order authorizing the disclosure of any additional personal information of a juror to any other person. Such order may be modified and may place restrictions on the use and further dissemination of such disclosed information.
C. In addition to the provisions of subsection A
this section, the Supreme Court shall prescribe and publish rules that
provide for the protection of the name, home address, and additional
personal information of a juror in a criminal trial.
C. D. For purposes of this section, "additional
personal information" means any information other than name and
home address collected by the court, clerk, or jury commissioner at any
time about a person who is selected to sit on a criminal jury and includes, but
is not limited to, a juror's name, age, occupation, home and
business addresses address, telephone numbers, email addresses,
and any other identifying information that would assist another in locating or
contacting the juror.
