HB 2281 — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juries and jurors, further providing for qualifications of jurors.

PRINTER'S NO.   2987

                       THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                           HOUSE BILL
                           No. 2281
                                                 Session of
                                                   2026

     INTRODUCED BY BRIGGS, SHUSTERMAN, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, KINKEAD,
        WEBSTER, RIVERA, McNEILL, D. WILLIAMS AND CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
        MARCH 11, 2026

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 12, 2026


                                      AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
 2      Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in juries and jurors,
 3      further providing for qualifications of jurors.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.      Section 4502(a)(3) of Title 42 of the
 7   Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 8   § 4502.    Qualifications of jurors.
 9      (a)    General rule.--Every citizen of this Commonwealth who is
10   of the required minimum age for voting for State or local
11   officials and who resides in the county shall be qualified to
12   serve as a juror therein unless such citizen:
13             * * *
14             (3)   [has been convicted of] is serving a sentence for a
15      crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year [and
16      has not been granted a pardon or amnesty therefor].
17      * * *
18      Section 2.      This act shall take effect in 60 days.