SB 998 - Crowell, Jason
Prohibits convicted felons whose civil rights have been restored from participating in jury service
Bill Details
Sponsor
LR Number
4347S.01I
Title
SB 998
House Handler
N/A
Journal Page
Effective Date
August 28, 2008
Current Status
Second Read and Referred S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
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Amendments
No amendments available
CURRENT BILL SUMMARY
SB 998 - Section 494.425, RSMo, provides that a convicted felon is disqualified from serving as a juror, "unless his civil rights have been restored." Elsewhere in state law, all convicted felons are disqualified from jury service, without exception. This act deletes the quoted provision from Section 494.425, thus specifying that no convicted felon shall ever be qualified to serve as a juror.
ALEXA PEARSON