CT HB06548

Reduces felony disqualification period from seven years to three years for prospective jurors convicted of felonies.

Increases age threshold for optional jury service exclusion from seventy to seventy-five years old.

Adds individuals lawfully admitted for permanent residence to those eligible to serve as jurors alongside electors and U.S. citizens.

Removes deaf and hard of hearing individuals from automatic disqualification, allowing them to serve as jurors.

Requires the Judicial Branch to compile and publicly maintain demographic records of summoned jurors, panelists, and those subject to challenges, excluding personally identifiable information.

Changes jury allocation calculations to use yield ratios based on previous year compliance rates and derives population figures from decennial census instead of last published census.