PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES-JURORS
Summary
Amends the Jury Act. Increases the number of petit jurors that may be drawn to serve from 14 up to and including 16 if alternate jurors are required. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Allows the court to impanel up to and including 4 alternative jurors instead of 1 or 2. Applies to actions commenced or pending on or after January 1, 2026.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Aug 2025
Introduced Apr 9, 2025
Signed Aug 15, 2025
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MINOR
The bill transitioned from its 'Engrossed' version to the final 'Enrolled' version, which is the official text sent to the Governor for signature. The changes are purely technical, involving the removal of draft headers and page markers to finalize the document for enactment.
TECHNICAL
Removed draft headers and page numbers that were present in the previous version to finalize the bill text.
Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2025 · House Apr 8, 2025
How they voted
57–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 58
May 22, 2025
D
Democratic39
97% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Aug 15, 2025
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 058-000-000
upper
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Judiciary; 007-000-000
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 112-000-000
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 020-000-000
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
2 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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