Bill Text: IA SF2346 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act creating an excuse from jury service for persons who are between eighteen and twenty-one years of age and enrolled in certain classes.(Formerly SF 2034.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-03-05 - Amendment S-5045 filed. S.J. 454. [SF2346 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF2346-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2034)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
creating
an
excuse
from
jury
service
for
persons
who
are
1
between
eighteen
and
twenty-one
years
of
age
and
enrolled
in
2
certain
classes.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
607A.5,
Code
2024,
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
person
15
is
between
eighteen
and
twenty-one
years
of
age
and
provides
16
the
court
with
documentation
that
the
person
is
enrolled
17
in
high
school
classes,
is
a
high
school
student
attending
18
college-level
classes
at
an
institution
as
defined
in
section
19
261E.2,
or
is
a
high
school
student
participating
in
career
20
and
technical
education
programs
or
advanced
college
placement
21
courses
provided
by
a
school
district
or
community
college,
and
22
wishes
to
be
excused
from
jury
service.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
creates
an
automatic
excuse
from
jury
service.
The
27
bill
requires
a
court
to
excuse
a
person
who
is
between
the
28
ages
of
18
and
21
and
who
provides
the
court
with
documentation
29
that
the
person
is
enrolled
in
high
school
classes,
is
a
high
30
school
student
attending
college-level
courses,
or
is
a
high
31
school
student
participating
in
career
and
technical
education
32
programs
or
advance
college
placement
courses
provided
by
a
33
school
district
or
community
college,
if
the
person
wishes
to
34
be
excused
from
jury
service.
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