CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 212Introduced by Senator UmbergJanuary 12, 2021 An act relating to juries. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 212, as introduced, Umberg. Juries: peremptory challenges.Existing law prohibits a party from using a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of the prospective jurors race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or religious affiliation, or the perceived membership of the prospective juror in any of those groups. Existing law allows a party to object to the use of a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on these bases and requires the objection to be sustained if there is a substantial likelihood an objective observer would view these bases as a factor in the use of the peremptory challenge.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to reform peremptory challenges.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to reform peremptory challenges.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 212Introduced by Senator UmbergJanuary 12, 2021 An act relating to juries. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 212, as introduced, Umberg. Juries: peremptory challenges.Existing law prohibits a party from using a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of the prospective jurors race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or religious affiliation, or the perceived membership of the prospective juror in any of those groups. Existing law allows a party to object to the use of a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on these bases and requires the objection to be sustained if there is a substantial likelihood an objective observer would view these bases as a factor in the use of the peremptory challenge.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to reform peremptory challenges.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 212
Introduced by Senator UmbergJanuary 12, 2021
Introduced by Senator Umberg
January 12, 2021
An act relating to juries.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 212, as introduced, Umberg. Juries: peremptory challenges.
Existing law prohibits a party from using a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of the prospective jurors race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or religious affiliation, or the perceived membership of the prospective juror in any of those groups. Existing law allows a party to object to the use of a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on these bases and requires the objection to be sustained if there is a substantial likelihood an objective observer would view these bases as a factor in the use of the peremptory challenge.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to reform peremptory challenges.
Existing law prohibits a party from using a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of the prospective jurors race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or religious affiliation, or the perceived membership of the prospective juror in any of those groups. Existing law allows a party to object to the use of a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on these bases and requires the objection to be sustained if there is a substantial likelihood an objective observer would view these bases as a factor in the use of the peremptory challenge.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to reform peremptory challenges.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to reform peremptory challenges.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to reform peremptory challenges.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to reform peremptory challenges.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to reform peremptory challenges.
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