Bill Text: IA SSB3086 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to excuse from jury service for persons at least seventy-two years of age.(See SF 2235.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-08 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2235. [SSB3086 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-SSB3086-Introduced.html
Senate Study Bill 3086 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON ZAUN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to excuse from jury service for persons at 1 least seventy-two years of age. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6182XC (2) 89 cm/jh
S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 607A.5, Code 2022, 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 at least seventy-two years of age and notifies the court 16 that the person is at least seventy-two years of age and wishes 17 to be exempted from jury service. 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 relates to automatic excuses from jury service. 22 The bill provides that a person shall be excused from jury 23 service if the person is at least 72 years of age and notifies 24 the court that the person is at least 72 years of age and wishes 25 to be exempted from jury service. 26 -1- LSB 6182XC (2) 89 cm/jh 1/ 1
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