{"code":"CCP","codeName":"Code of Civil Procedure","section":"231.5","citation":"Code Civ. Proc., § 231.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 1. OF COURTS OF JUSTICE [35. - 286.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 3. PERSONS SPECIALLY INVESTED WITH POWERS OF A JUDICIAL NATURE [190. - 259.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-1/title-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Trial Jury Selection and Management Act [190. - 242.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/part-1/title-3/chapter-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 115, Sec. 1.   (AB 87)   Effective January 1, 2016.","effective":"2016-01-01","html":"<p>A party shall not use a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of an assumption that the prospective juror is biased merely because of a characteristic listed or defined in Section <a href=\"/gov/11135\">11135</a> of the Government Code, or similar grounds.</p>","text":"A party shall not use a peremptory challenge to remove a prospective juror on the basis of an assumption that the prospective juror is biased merely because of a characteristic listed or defined in Section 11135 of the Government Code, or similar grounds.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/code-of-civil-procedure/trial-jury-selection-and-management-act-231-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}