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Bill	Examination of prospective jurors.	Existing law requires the court, in a criminal case, to conduct an initial examination of prospective jurors. Upon completion of this initial examination, existing law grants counsel for each party the right to examine any of the prospective jurors, as specified. Existing law authorizes the court to limit the oral and direct questioning of prospective jurors, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1541	California AB 1541 (20172018)	bill	Examination of prospective jurors.	enacted	Kalra	10	26	5	2017-02-17	2017-09-26	openstates	ocd-bill/130076bf-8fe8-480a-9746-70f9ed366394	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1541	a58eed98032dbf4cf990bee32305a91b79eac48bc3b2f6ed23f7dec1a91cf21c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1541 (20172018) — Examination of prospective jurors.

Existing law requires the court, in a criminal case, to conduct an initial examination of prospective jurors. Upon completion of this initial examination, existing law grants counsel for each party the right to examine any of the prospective jurors, as specified. Existing law authorizes the court to limit the oral and direct questioning of prospective jurors, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/27/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/24/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/10/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/30/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/29/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/22/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/26/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB1541 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/07/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1541 KALRA Assembly Third Reading — 62–12 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 1541 KALRA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 65–8 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1541 Kalra et al. By Wiener — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2017-03-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-03-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-04-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-05-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (May 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-10 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1775.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 12. Page 2038.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2017-06-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-07-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2343.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 8. Page 2941.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2017-09-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-09-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 302, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/130076bf-8fe8-480a-9746-70f9ed366394. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).