CA AB 2985

Title: Courts: mental health advisement.
Author: Gregg Hart

Summary
AB 2985, as amended, Hart. Courts: mental health advisement. The Trial Jury Selection and Management Act requires all persons be selected for jury service at random, from a source or sources inclusive of a representative cross section of the population of the area served by the court. Existing law requires the court, in a criminal case, to conduct an initial examination of prospective jurors.This bill would require the court after the receipt of a verdict, or after the conclusion of a trial where a jury did not render a verdict, and before discharge of the jury, in a criminal action or proceeding alleging a violent felony, as defined, to provide written information to the trial jurors and discharged alternate jurors about mental health awareness, including information about stress relief and symptoms that may be experienced following exposure to trauma. The bill would authorize a court to provide this information to jurors or alternate jurors in other criminal proceedings. The bill would require the Judicial Council to provide the written educational information that a court is required to provide, as specified.

Status
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

Bill Documents
CA AB 2985 - 04/10/24 - Amended Assembly
04/10/24 - CA AB 2985 (04/10/24 - Amended Assembly)