1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to courts; prohibiting exclusion from jury service on the basis of marital 
1.3 	status or sexual orientation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 593.32, 
1.4 	subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 593.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Prohibition. A citizen shall not be excluded from jury service in 
1.8 	this state on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, economic status, marital 
1.9 	status, sexual orientation, or a physical or sensory disability.