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Bill	Jurors: electronic communications.	(1) Existing law requires the court in a jury trial to admonish the jury that it is their duty not to converse with, or permit themselves to be addressed by, any other person on any subject of the trial. The court is required to provide the admonishment in a civil proceeding when the jurors are permitted to separate during the trial, and when the case is submitted to the jury, and, in a criminal proceeding, after the jury has been sworn and before the people's opening address, at each adjournment of the court, and when the jurors are permitted by the court to separate after the case is submitted to the jury. An officer having the jury under his or her charge shall not permit any communication to be made to them, or make any himself or herself, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 141	California AB 141 (20112012)	bill	Jurors: electronic communications.	enacted	Fuentes	4	18	6	2011-01-13	2011-08-05	openstates	ocd-bill/ab4342c0-cfe9-4967-9385-e54ba11894de	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB141	05d9ee82e1e41bf9c626eb1de80c83836c812b8b11dc9b7884de045d75c005ce	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 141 (20112012) — Jurors: electronic communications.

(1) Existing law requires the court in a jury trial to admonish the jury that it is their duty not to converse with, or permit themselves to be addressed by, any other person on any subject of the trial. The court is required to provide the admonishment in a civil proceeding when the jurors are permitted to separate during the trial, and when the case is submitted to the jury, and, in a criminal proceeding, after the jury has been sworn and before the people's opening address, at each adjournment of the court, and when the jurors are permitted by the court to separate after the case is submitted to the jury. An officer having the jury under his or her charge shall not permit any communication to be made to them, or make any himself or herself, as specified.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 01/13/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/05/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB141 (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/18/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 141 FUENTES Consent Calendar Second Day — 60–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Fuentes — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2011-01-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-01-14 From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.
• 2011-02-03 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-03-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-06 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-04-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 981.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-04-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-05-12 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-06-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-11 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2011-07-12 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-07-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1864.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-07-14 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2011-07-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2011-08-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-08-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 181, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab4342c0-cfe9-4967-9385-e54ba11894de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).