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California Rules of Court

Rule 2.1058. Use of gender-neutral language in jury instructions

Cal. Rules of Court, rule 2.1058

Current text effective January 1, 2007.

All instructions submitted to the jury must be written in gender-neutral language. If standard jury instructions (CALCRIM and CACI) are to be submitted to the jury, the court or, at the court's request, counsel must recast the instructions as necessary to ensure that gender-neutral language is used in each instruction.

#History

Rule 2.1058 amended and renumbered effective January 1, 2007; adopted as rule 989 effective January 1, 1991.

What this rule requires

Document Filing Requirements

  • All instructions submitted to the jury must be written in gender-neutral language.

  • If standard jury instructions (CALCRIM and CACI) are to be submitted to the jury, the court or, at the court's request, counsel must recast the instructions as necessary to ensure that gender-neutral language is used in each instruction.

Official text: courts.ca.gov , checked October 19, 2026.