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MI HB6546

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/18/2020

Primary Sponsor

Tenisha Yancey

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Origin

House of Representatives

100th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Expands juror qualification requirements to allow individuals with felony convictions to serve if they completed their full term of imprisonment and parole at least 5 years before jury summons.

  • Removes the blanket ban on individuals convicted of felonies serving as jurors and instead creates a time-based eligibility requirement after sentence completion.

  • Excludes expunged or set-aside convictions from disqualifying individuals from jury service.

  • Changes statutory language from "shall" to "must" throughout sections 1307a and 1312 for consistency.

  • Modifies jury board procedures to allow removal of individuals with felony convictions only if they do not meet the 5-year post-sentence completion requirement under section 1307a.

Legislative Description

Courts: juries; juror qualification; expand to include certain individuals with a felony conviction. Amends secs. 1307 & 1312 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.1307a & 600.1312).

Courts: juries

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 12/21/2020

12/21/2020

Committee Referrals

Judiciary12/18/2020

Full Bill Text

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