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28 U.S.C. 1865: Qualifications for jury service
Created in 1968 by Public Law 90-274. Changed by 4 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.
- past change
- enacted this Congress
- proposed
This Congress
- H.R. 5096 Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act · introduced · would change (b), (c)
How it got here
2000
- Pub. L. 106–518, §305(1), inserted "or the clerk under supervision of the court if the court's jury selection plan so authorizes," after "jury commission,". Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 106–518, §305(2), inserted "or the clerk if the court's jury selection plan so provides," after "may provide," in introductory provisions. Law text · (b)
1988
- Pub. L. 100–702 substituted "in any alphabetical" for "the alphabetical". · (a)
1978
- Pub. L. 95–572 struck out "by pardon or amnesty" after "civil rights have not been restored". · (b)
1972
- Pub. L. 92–269 substituted "eighteen years old" for "twenty-one years old". · (b)
1968
- Pub. L. 90–274 substituted provisions for the excusing of persons from jury service by the chief judge of the district court or by other district court judge for provisions requiring the selection of jurors so as to be most favorable to an impartial trial and so as to minimize the expe… · (a)
- Pub. L. 90–274 substituted provisions setting out the conditions of ineligibility for jury service for provisions authorizing the service of jurors in a place within the district other than the place for which the jurors were summoned. · (b)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.