Bill Text: NY A06111 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides an exemption from jury duty for breastfeeding women; allows that such breastfeeding mother's jury duty shall be postponed up to two years after the date on which such service otherwise is to commence.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to judiciary [A06111 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6111
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 23, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARRETT,
          BLAKE,   BRAUNSTEIN,   DAVILA,   HEVESI,   HOOPER,   HYNDMAN,  JAFFEE,
          JEAN-PIERRE, JOYNER, MURRAY, RAIA, SIMON, SIMOTAS,  STECK,  TITONE  --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to providing an exemption
          from jury duty for breastfeeding women
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision (a) of section 517 of the  judi-
     2  ciary  law,  as  added  by chapter 86 of the laws of 1995, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (2) An application for postponement of jury service shall  be  granted
     5  hereunder  provided:  (i) such service has not already been postponed or
     6  excused, (ii) the application is made at such time and in such manner as
     7  the commissioner of jurors requires, [and] (iii) the postponement is  to
     8  a  date  certain  when  the court is in session not more than six months
     9  after the date on which such service otherwise is to commence  and  such
    10  date  is  selected  by  the  prospective juror, and (iv) the prospective
    11  juror is a breastfeeding mother. To grant an application  for  postpone-
    12  ment  of  jury  service  for  subparagraph  (iv)  of this paragraph, the
    13  prospective juror must submit a note from a physician.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07994-01-7