Bill Text: TX HB5110 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to prohibited disqualifications for service as a juror.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-11 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB5110 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB5110-Comm_Sub.html

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88R24801 AMF-F
By: Bhojani, Johnson of Dallas, Leach, H.B. No. 5110
Flores, Lujan
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 5110:
By: Moody C.S.H.B. No. 5110

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibited disqualifications for service as a juror.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 61, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 61.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.004. PROHIBITED JUROR DISQUALIFICATIONS. A person
may not be disqualified to serve as a juror based on the person's
age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, national origin,
economic status, religious affiliation, or political belief.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.