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A bill for an act relating to excuse from jury service for persons at least seventy-five years of age.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: SINCLAIR
Last action: 2025-01-22
Official status: Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to excuse from jury service for persons at least seventy-five years of age.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to excuse from jury service for persons at least seventy-five years of age.

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Bill History

2025-01-22 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-01-16 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/22/2025 12:30PM Room 217 Conference Room.
2025-01-15 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Shipley, Quirmbach, and Rowley. S.J. 90 .
2025-01-14 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Judiciary. S.J. 65 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to excuse from jury service for persons at least seventy-five years of age.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

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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:

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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.

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