Key Jury-Related Legislation in 2022
The Fully Informed Jury Association tracks key, jury-related legislation under consideration in the states' 2022 legislative sessions. This data is supplied for informational and educational purposes only. Inclusion of proposed legislation on this list does not imply support for or opposition to any oppose any particular measure listed.
Click a state's name below to jump to that state's data in the listings below. If a state's name in this list is not in bold type, we have not yet identified any key legislation under consideration in that state's legislative session. If a state's name in this list is in blue, bold type, key, jury-related legislation has been identified in that state's legislative session. If a state's name in this list is in italics and orange, bold type, a jury nullification measure is among the key, jury-related legislation under consideration in that state's legislative session.
Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado
Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois
Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland
Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana
Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York
North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania
Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah
Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming
Alabama
Alabama Legislature
Regular session convenes 11 January 2022 and adjourns 25 April 2022.
No key legislation identified as of 6 February 2022.
Alaska
Alaska State Legislature
Regular session convenes 18 January 2022 and adjourns 18 May 2022.
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Arizona
Arizona State Legislature
Regular session convenes 10 January 2022 and adjourns 13 May 2022.
HB 2185 would undo a policy change made by the Arizona Supreme Court that eliminates peremptory challenges in trials by jury and assign the number of peremptory challenges by law.
[jury selection]
HB 2675 would add a right to trial by jury under the chapter on the Department of Child Safety in Title 8 on Child Safety in the Arizona Revised Statutes.
[jury trial eligibility]
Arkansas
Arkansas State Legislature
Regular session convenes 14 February 2022 and adjourns 15 March 2022.
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
California
California Legislative Information
Regular session convenes 3 January 2022 and adjourns 31 August 2022.
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Colorado
Colorado General Assembly
Regular session convenes 12 January 2022 and adjourns 11 May 2022.
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Connecticut
Connecticut General Assembly
Regular session convenes 9 February 2022 and adjourns 4 May 2022.
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Delaware
Delaware General Assembly
Regular session convenes 11 January 2022 and adjourns 30 June 2022.
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Florida
Florida Legislature
Regular session convenes 11 January 2022 and adjourns 11 March 2022.
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Georgia
Georgia General Assembly
Regular session convenes 10 January 2022 and adjourns 31 March 2022.
HB 829 would raise the required minimum claim amount in a civil case for a party to the case to be able to demand a 12-person jury from $25,000 to $1,000,000.
[jury size]
HB 858 would implement modest rule changes in favor of innocent owners whose property is taken by government.
[forfeiture]
HB 859 would exempt from 3 seizure or forfeiture under the Uniform Civil Forfeiture Procedure Act real property that is subject to a homestead exemption; currency totaling $541.00 or less, and motor vehicles of less than $5,000.00 in market value.
[forfeiture]
HB 860 would establish a case tracking system and searchable public website with extensive information about property seized and forfeited and would require law enforcement agencies and state attorneys to provide the data in a timely manner.
[forfeiture, legal system data]
HB 906 would declare any off-road vehicle operated by a person who is arrested and charged with driving recklessly or fleeing police to be contraband and subject to forfeiture under the
[forfeiture]
SR 100 proposes an amendment to the Georgia state constitution that would create state grand juries with the authority to investigate and indict for crimes involving voting, elections, and violations of election laws. The proposal specifically states that such grand juries do not need to wait to be presented with an indictment to begin investigations.
[grand jury]
Hawaii
Hawaii State Legislature
Regular session convenes 19 January 2022 and adjourns 28 April 2022.
HB 1567 / SB 2157 would eliminate the use of monetary bail and requires defendants to be released on their own recognizance for traffic offenses; violations; and nonviolent petty misdemeanor, misdemeanor, and class C felony offenses, with certain exceptions.
[pretrial detention, bail]
HB 1965 would make several changes to the state's civil asset forfeiture scheme, including requiring that someone exercising some degree of control over the property be charged with a crime related to the property before it can be forfeited, limiting law enforcement's use of forfeited property other than cash to 12 months, and raising the state's burden from a preponderance of the evidence to clear and convincing evidence evidence that the claimant's interest in the property is subject to forfeiture.
[forfeiture]
HB 2017 / SB 2871 would establish a presumption that a person charged with a crime is entitled to unconditional release unless proven otherwise by the state by clear and convincing evidence and make other changes.
SB 1346 would increase compensation for a juror or a prospective juror from $30 to $50 for each day of attendance at court.
[juror compensation]
Idaho
Idaho Legislature
Regular session convenes 10 January 2022 and adjourns 31 March 2022.
No key legislation has been identified as of 9 February 2022.
Illinois
Illinois General Assembly
Regular session convenes 5 January 2022 and adjourns 31 December 2022.
HB3363 would disallow releasing someone pretrial on their own recognizance based on the number of their current or past recognizance bonds.
[pretrial detention]
HB3642 would create a statewide data collection system to collect data on pretrial practices and the bail system, require that it enable data sharing among the Illinois counties and statewide and require that each circuit court to participate. It does not specify any requirement that this data be available to the public.
[legal system data]
HB4190 makes changes in two primary areas of related to trials by jury. For certain plea bargains related to use or possession of a firearm, the bill would require the State's Attorney to file with the court a written statement of his or her reasons in support of the plea agreement and the judge to explain in a written sentencing order his or her reasons for imposing the sentence or accepting the plea agreement. It would further expand the current list of offenses for which a minor who was at least 16 years of age at the time of the alleged offense would automatically be tried as an adult, thereby making them eligible for a trial by jury (which is not generally afforded to those whose charges are adjudicated in juvenile court).
[juvenile trial by jury, legal system data, plea bargains]
HB4404, HB4808, HB4860, HB5356*, and SB2920 would provide that courts could or must deny pretrial release to more people based on factors such as the offenses of which they are accused but not convicted, their prior convictions, etc.
[pretrial detention]
HB4472 would require that each clerk of the circuit court provide certain information monthly to the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts on pretrial release and bonds. It would also make this information public record.
[legal system data]
HB 4475, HB 4497, HB 4498, and HB 4499 all would in some way restore cash bail in the state after it was eliminated in 2021.
[bail, pretrial detention]
HB4684 would weaken speedy trial protections for those charged with felonies by increasing the length of time the government generally has to bring them to trial from 90 to 120 days after an order of detention is entered.
[pretrial detention, speedy trial rights]
*HB5356 would, in addition to the pretrial release changes previously mentioned, require that each clerk of the circuit court provide certain information monthly to the Administrative Office about offenders who were charged with a violation of the Deadly Weapons Article of the Criminal Code of 2012 and whether they were detained or released pretrial. It would also require most of this information be published in a public database.
[legal system data]
HB5419 would allow a statewide grand jury to investigate, indict, and prosecute first degree murder of a person under 13 years of age, if the State's Attorney fails to prosecute the case.
[grand jury]
HB5537 would make changes to certain pretrial release provisions, including the required time in which the government must provide a person accused of a felony with a preliminary examination or indictment by a grand jury for both those released pretrial and those detained pretrial.
[bail, pretrial detention, speedy trial rights]
HB5431 would prohibit a person's trial being delayed without their consent merely because of COVID-19, with exceptions for an individual quarantine order, medical order, or active infection of COVID-19 in the judge, a juror, a witness, a party, or legal counsel.
[speedy trial]
HB5592 would require all law enforcement agencies within the State to review their arrest records on a monthly basis and destroy all those that meet a variety of criteria having to do with charges being dismissed, the accused being acquitted, or failure to pursue criminal proceedings against the accused within certain timeframes.
[legal system data, presumption of innocence]
SB 4158 would restore cash bail in the state, reversing provisions eliminating cash bail that were part of a law passed in 2021 and scheduled to take effect 1 January 2023.
[bail, pretrial detention]
Indiana
Indiana General Assembly
Regular session convenes 4 January 2022 and adjourns 14 March 2022.
HB12821 would require the Indiana prosecuting attorneys council to establish and maintain a case tracking system and searchable public Internet web site that includes certain civil forfeiture data, and require each prosecuting attorney to upload civil forfeiture data to the web site.
[legal system data]
HB1300 / SB8 would establish rules allowing charitable organizations to pay bail for individuals.
[bail reform]
HB1414 would prohibit courts from requiring those arrested to pay bail as a condition of release, with exceptions for those who are a flight risk or danger to the community, are charged with murder or treason, are already on pretrial release for something unrelated, or are under community supervision. In the event of one of these exceptions, it would allow courts to impose only the lowest amount of bail necessary to assure the accused's appearance in court and community safety.
[bail]
SB6 establishes a set of rules for bail for people arrested or arrested again for violent offenses and, separately, for people arrested for non-violent offenses.
[bail]
SB295 would abolish civil forfeiture and replace it with a criminal forfeiture scheme, including a provision that, if the forfeiture is sought as part of criminal prosecution involving a trial by jury in which the accused is convicted, the jury will reconvene to hear evidence in the associated forfeiture hearing.
[forfeiture]
SB340 would make various changes to juvenile law, including removing provisions providing that juvenile courts do not have jurisdiction over juveniles charged with certain offenses. This would mean that juveniles could not be tried as an adult for those offenses, which in turn means that they would be tried in juvenile court with no right to a trial by jury.
[juvenile trial by jury, jury trial eligible cases]
Iowa
Iowa Legislature
Regular session convenes 10 January 2022 and adjourns 19 April 2022.
HF2004 / HF2338 would require that personally identifiable information be redacted before a juror questionnaire is released publicly.
[juror questionnaire, public trial]
SF2091 / SF2997 would disqualify from jury service anyone convicted of a felony who remains under community supervision, who is required to register as a sex offender, or who is subject to certain other special sentences.
[juror eligibility]
SF2036 would require that the jury in a civil case be informed of whether the attorney is being compensated by a percentage of potential damages awarded and if there has been a litigation financier funding the case on behalf of the party.
[juror notifications]
Kansas
Kansas Legislature
Regular session convenes 10 January 2022 and adjourns 25 May 2022.
HB2366 would require that if the testimony of a jailhouse witness is admitted into evidence, the jury must be instructed that such testimony was provided by a jailhouse witness and informed of any benefit requested by, provided to, or to be provided to the jailhouse witness in connection with providing the testimony.
[jury instructions, juror notifications]
HB2538 would weaken pretrial protection of and speedy trial guarantees for those accused of crimes, first, by eliminating the requirement that the accused be afforded a preliminary examination before a magistrate within 14 days of the arrest or appearance of the accused, instead only requiring it be held within a "reasonable time", and second, by allowing courts to base findings of probable cause on hearsay evidence regardless of the age of the victim instead of only when the victim was under 13 years old.
[pretrial detention, speedy trial rights]
SB492 would provide immunity from civil liability for the person who files a citizen-initiated grand jury petition and requiring such person to be the first witness called by such grand jury.
[grand jury]
Kentucky
Kentucky General Assembly
Regular session convenes 4 January 2022 and adjourns 15 April 2022.
HB 313 would make it illegal for a charitable organizations to serve as bail bondsmen or to pay someone's bail for them. It would also be illegal for someone's bail to be crowd-sourced for them.
[pretrial detention, bail reform]
SB 31 would implement automatic speedy trial deadlines (with some exceptions) of 90 days for misdemeanors and 180 days for felonies instead of starting the speedy trial clock when the defendant asserts their right to trial by jury.
[pretrial detention, bail reform, speedy trial]
Louisiana
Louisiana State Legislature
Regular session convenes 14 March 2022 and adjourns 6 June 2022.
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Maine
Maine State Legislature
Regular session convenes 5 January 2022 and adjourns 29 April 2022.
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Maryland
General Assembly of Maryland
Regular session convenes 12 January 2022 and adjourns 11 April 2022.
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Massachusetts
General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Michigan
Michigan Legislature
Regular session convenes 12 January 2022 and adjourns 31 December 2022.
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Minnesota
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Mississippi
Mississippi Legislature
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Missouri
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Montana
Montana Legislative Branch
No regular session in 2022.
Nebraska
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Nevada
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire General Court
No regular session in 2022.
New Jersey
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
New Mexico
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
New York
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
North Carolina
North Carolina General Assembly
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
North Dakota
North Dakota Legislative Branch
No regular session in 2022.
Ohio
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Oklahoma
No key legislation has been identified as of 6 February 2022.
Oregon
Oregon State Legislature
Regular session convenes 1 February 2022 and adjourns 7 March 2022.
SB1511 would create a process by which person convicted or found guilty except for insanity as result of non-unanimous jury verdict may file petition for post-conviction relief within one year.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania General Assembly
Regular session convenes 4 January 2022 and adjourns 31 December 2022.
No key legislation identified as of 6 February 2022.
Rhode Island
State of Rhode Island General Assembly
Regular session convenes 4 January 2022 and adjourns 30 June 2022.
No key legislation identified as of 6 February 2022.
South Carolina
South Carolina Legislature
Regular session convenes 11 January 2022 and convenes 12 May 2022.
No key legislation identified as of 6 February 2022.
South Dakota
South Dakota Legislature
Regular session convenes 11 January 2022 and adjourns 28 March 2022.
No key legislation identified as of 6 February 2022.
Tennessee
Tennessee General Assembly
Regular session convenes 11 January 2022 and adjourns 29 April 2022.
No key legislation identified as of 6 February 2022.
Texas
Texas Legislature
No regular session in 2022.
Utah
Utah State Legislature
Regular session convened 18 January 2022 and adjourned 4 March 2022.
No key legislation identified as of 6 February 2022.
Vermont
Vermont General Assembly
Regular session convened 2 January 2022 and adjourns 20 May 2022.
No key legislation identified as of 6 February 2022.
Virginia
Virginia General Assembly
Regular session convenes 12 January 2022 and adjourns 12 March 2022.
No key legislation identified as of 6 February 2022.
Washington
Washington State Legislature
Regular session convenes 10 January 2021 and adjourns 10 March 2022.
No key legislation identified as of 6 February 2022.
West Virginia
West Virginia Legislature
Regular session convenes 12 January 2022 and adjourns 12 March 2022.
No key legislation identified as of 6 February 2022.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Legislature
Regular session convenes 18 January 2022 through 31 December 2022.
No key legislation identified as of 6 February 2022.
Wyoming
State of Wyoming Legislature
Regular session convenes 14 February 2022 and adjourns 7 April 2022.
No key legislation identified as of 6 February 2022.
