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MI HB6546
Bill
Status
12/18/2020
Primary Sponsor
Tenisha Yancey
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AI Summary
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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.
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Removes the blanket ban on individuals convicted of felonies serving as jurors and instead creates a time-based eligibility requirement after sentence completion.
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Excludes expunged or set-aside convictions from disqualifying individuals from jury service.
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Changes statutory language from "shall" to "must" throughout sections 1307a and 1312 for consistency.
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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