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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0156* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 156 |
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| 8 | 8 | | D1 3lr1162 |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB 74/22 – JUD CF SB 97 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Williams |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 16, 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Courts – Jury Service – Disqualification 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of altering the circumstances under which an individual who has been 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | convicted of a crime is not qualified for jury service; and generally relating to jury 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | service. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 8–103 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Article – Courts and Judicial Proceedings 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8–103. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (a) Notwithstanding § 8–102 of this subtitle, an individual qualifies for jury 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | service for a county only if the individual: 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) Is an adult as of the day selected as a prospective juror; 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) Is a citizen of the United States; and 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) Resides in the county as of the day sworn as a juror. 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section and subject to the federal 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Americans with Disabilities Act, an individual is not qualified for jury service if the 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | individual: 22 2 HOUSE BILL 156 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) Cannot comprehend spoken English or speak English; 1 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (2) Cannot comprehend written English, read English, or write English 2 |
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| 55 | 55 | | proficiently enough to complete a juror qualification form satisfactorily; 3 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (3) Has a disability that, as documented by a health care provider’s 4 |
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| 58 | 58 | | certification, prevents the individual from providing satisfactory jury service; 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (4) Has been convicted, in a federal or State court of record, of a crime 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | punishable by imprisonment exceeding 1 year and [received a sentence of imprisonment 7 |
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| 62 | 62 | | for more than 1 year] IS CURRENTLY SERVING THE SENTENCE IMPOSED FOR THE 8 |
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| 63 | 63 | | CONVICTION, INCLUDING A TERM OF PROBATION; or 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (5) Has a charge pending, in a federal or State court of record, for a crime 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | punishable by imprisonment exceeding 1 year. 11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | [(c) An individual qualifies for jury service notwithstanding a disqualifying 12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | conviction under subsection (b)(4) of this section if the individual is pardoned.] 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That thi s Act shall take effect 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | October 1, 2023. 15 |
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