TO: | Honorable Jeff Wentworth, Chair, Senate Committee on Jurisprudence |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB451 by Wentworth (Relating to the qualifications for service as a grand or petit juror and challenges for cause.), As Introduced |
The bill would remove from consideration for grand or petit jury service a person who is under indictment for misdemeanor theft. The bill would also allow jury challenges for cause made against a person who is under indictment for misdemeanor theft.
The bill would also incorporate gender-neutral language in the aforementioned sections.
The bill would take effect on September 1, 2005 and would apply only to qualifications for jury service for a person required to appear for jury service by a summons made on or after that date.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, LB, WP, KJG
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