Bill Text: HI SB2588 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Jurors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-13 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. [SB2588 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2588-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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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 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) An actively practicing psychologist; provided
that the case involves a psychologist or former patient;
[(3)] (4) A
member of the armed forces or militia when on active service and deployed
out-of-state;
[(4)] (5) An
active member of a police or fire department;
[(5)] (6) 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)] (7) An
active member of an emergency medical services agency;
[(7)] (8) A
person living more than seventy miles from the court for which jury service is
required;
[(8)] (9) A
person eighty years of age or older; or
[(9)] (10) 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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.
Report Title:
Jurors; Psychologists; Exemption
Description:
Permits psychologists to claim exemption from service as a juror if the case involves a psychologist or former patient. (SD1)
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