Bill > HB2897

This bill amends Oregon's jury service laws to explicitly allow corporations to serve as jurors in civil and criminal trials and grand juries. Specifically, the bill adds a new provision stating that any corporation organized under Oregon's laws can act as a juror, with the requirement that the corporation must be represented by an individual agent who personally meets the existing eligibility requirements for jury service. The bill also makes several technical changes throughout existing jury service statutes, such as replacing the word "person" with "individual" for consistency and adding corporate names to the sources used for creating master jury lists. The legislation expands the definition of potential jurors to include corporate entities while maintaining the existing eligibility criteria that apply to individual jurors, such as citizenship, age, and lack of certain criminal convictions. By allowing corporations to serve on juries, the bill represents an innovative approach to jury composition that recognizes corporations as legal entities with potential civic responsibilities.

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