Bill Text: FL S0086 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Excuse from Jury Service [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Messages [S0086 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S0086-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                      SB 86 
 
By Senator Sobel 
31-00167-10                                             201086__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to excuse from jury service; amending 
3         s. 40.013, F.S.; expanding parental eligibility to be 
4         excused from jury service; providing an effective 
5         date. 
6 
7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
8 
9         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 40.013, Florida 
10  Statutes, is amended to read: 
11         40.013 Persons disqualified or excused from jury service.— 
12         (4) Any expectant mother, any mother who is breastfeeding a 
13  child under 2 years of age, and any parent who is not employed 
14  full time and who has custody of a child under 6 years of age, 
15  upon request, shall be excused from jury service. 
16         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.