PRINTER'S NO. 2351
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1626
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, COHEN, D. COSTA, DIAMOND, DRISCOLL,
FEE, FLYNN, A. HARRIS, IRVIN, JOZWIAK, KAUFFMAN,
M. K. KELLER, KILLION, MAJOR, McCARTER, McNEILL, MENTZER,
MURT, PICKETT, SNYDER, STEPHENS, THOMAS, WARD, WATSON, WHITE
AND ZIMMERMAN, OCTOBER 14, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 14, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juries and jurors,
further providing for selection of jurors for service.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 4524 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 4524. Selection of jurors for service.
(a) Procedure.--Except as otherwise provided in section 4525
(relating to equipment used for selection of jurors), the jury
selection commission shall maintain a master list or jury wheel
and shall place therein the names of persons included on the
list of qualified jurors. Upon receipt of a court order pursuant
to section 4531 (relating to issuance of court orders for
jurors), the commission shall publicly select at random from the
master list or jury wheel such number of names of persons as may
be required to be summoned for assignment to jury arrays.
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(b) Disclosure of jurors identity.--
(1) A separate list of names and addresses of persons
assigned to each jury array shall be prepared and made
available for public inspection at the offices of the
commission no later than 30 days prior to the first date on
which the array is to serve.
(2) Except as otherwise ordered by the court, after
empanelment of a jury for the trial of a case, the addresses
of the jurors may not be disclosed or made available to the
public.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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