Bill Text: IA SF18 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to excuse from jury service for persons at least seventy-five years of age.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-22 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SF18 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF18-Introduced.html
Senate
File
18
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
18
BY
SINCLAIR
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
excuse
from
jury
service
for
persons
at
1
least
seventy-five
years
of
age.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
TLSB
1365XS
(1)
91
cm/ns
S.F.
18
Section
1.
Section
607A.5,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
607A.5
Automatic
excuse
from
jury
service.
3
1.
A
person
shall
be
excused
from
jury
service
if
the
4
person
submits
written
documentation
verifying,
to
the
court’s
5
satisfaction,
that
the
person
is
solely
responsible
for
the
6
daily
care
of
a
person
with
a
permanent
disability
living
7
in
the
person’s
household
and
that
the
performance
of
juror
8
service
would
cause
substantial
risk
of
injury
to
the
health
of
9
the
person
with
a
disability,
or
that
the
person
is
the
mother
10
of
a
breastfed
child
and
is
responsible
for
the
daily
care
of
11
the
child.
However,
if
the
person
is
regularly
employed
at
a
12
location
other
than
the
person’s
household,
the
person
shall
13
not
be
excused
under
this
section
subsection
.
14
2.
A
person
shall
be
excused
from
jury
service
if
the
15
person
submits
written
documentation
verifying,
to
the
court’s
16
satisfaction,
that
the
person
is
at
least
seventy-five
years
17
of
age.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
creates
an
automatic
excuse
from
jury
service.
The
22
bill
requires
the
court
to
excuse
a
person
from
jury
service
23
if
the
person
submits
written
documentation
verifying,
to
the
24
court’s
satisfaction,
that
the
person
is
at
least
75
years
of
25
age.
26
-1-
LSB
1365XS
(1)
91
cm/ns
1/
1
