Full Text of SB2437 102nd General Assembly
SB2437 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2021 and 2022 SB2437 Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Robert Peters SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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705 ILCS 305/2 | from Ch. 78, par. 2 |
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Amends the Jury Act. Provides that no person who is qualified and able to serve as a juror may be excluded from jury service in any court of the State on the basis of previous criminal conviction.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning courts.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Jury Act is amended by changing Section 2 as | 5 | | follows:
| 6 | | (705 ILCS 305/2) (from Ch. 78, par. 2)
| 7 | | Sec. 2. Jury qualifications. | 8 | | (a) At the September meeting of the county board in each | 9 | | year in the
respective counties in this State, except those | 10 | | that have
jury
commissioners, the board shall select from the
| 11 | | list
the number of persons
as the judges of the circuit courts, | 12 | | to be held in the county
during the
succeeding year, may by | 13 | | joint action determine to serve as petit jurors. In
counties | 14 | | having jury commissioners, the persons to serve as petit | 15 | | jurors
shall be selected by the jury commissioners, as | 16 | | provided by law. County
boards, a jury administrator,
and jury
| 17 | | commissioners may utilize
the services of the
Administrative | 18 | | Office of the Illinois Courts in making these selections.
| 19 | | Jurors in all counties in Illinois must have the legal | 20 | | qualifications
herein prescribed. Jurors must be:
| 21 | | (1) Inhabitants of the county.
| 22 | | (2) Of the age of 18 years or upwards.
| 23 | | (3) Free from all legal exception, of fair character, |
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| 1 | | of
approved
integrity, of sound judgment, well informed, | 2 | | and able to understand
the English language, whether in | 3 | | spoken or written form or interpreted into
sign language.
| 4 | | (4) Citizens of the United States of America.
| 5 | | (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided by statute, | 6 | | no person who is qualified and able to serve as a juror may be | 7 | | excluded from jury service in any court of this State on the | 8 | | basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual | 9 | | orientation, or economic status , or previous criminal | 10 | | conviction . As used in this subsection, "religion", "sex", | 11 | | "sexual orientation", and "national origin" have the meanings | 12 | | provided in Section 1-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act. | 13 | | (Source: P.A. 100-228, eff. 1-1-18; 101-327, eff. 1-1-20 .)
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