Bill Text: HI HB1388 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Jurors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [HB1388 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB1388-Introduced.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to jurors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 612-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (8) to read as follows:
"§612-6 Exempt when. A person may claim exemption from service as a juror if the person is:
(1) An
elected official while the legislature is in session, or a judge of the United
States, State, or county;
(2) An actively practicing physician or dentist;
(3) A member of the armed forces or militia when
on active service and deployed out-of-state;
(4) An active member of a police or fire department;
(5) A person who has served as a juror, either in a court of this State or the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, within one year preceding the time of filling out the juror qualification form;
(6) An active member of an emergency medical services agency;
(7) A person living more than seventy miles from the court for which jury service is required;
(8) A person [eighty] seventy years
of age or older; or
(9) A woman who is breastfeeding a child or expressing breast milk for a period of two years from the birth of the child.
For purposes of this section, "emergency medical services agency" means any government agency, private agency, or company that provides ambulance services, emergency medical services, or disaster medical services."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Juror; exemptions
Description:
Allows persons seventy years old or older to claim exemption from service as a juror.
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