AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY -- JURY LISTS (Makes those persons seventy (70) years of age or older exempt from jury service.)

H7144

2026 -- H 7144
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026
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A N A C T
RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY --
JURY LISTS

Introduced By:
Representatives Place, Hopkins, Roberts, and Fascia

Date Introduced:
January 16, 2026

Referred To:
House Judiciary
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
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SECTION 1. Section 9-9-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 9-9 entitled "Jury Lists" is
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hereby amended to read as follows:
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9-9-3. Persons exempt from service.
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The following persons shall be exempted from serving as jurors, unless such persons shall
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waive their exemption, namely: the members of congress from the state of Rhode Island, the general
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officers of the state, the members and officers of the general assembly during their tenure of office
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irrespective of whether the general assembly is in session or not, the jury commissioner and his or
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her assistants, the justices of the state and United States courts, clerks of those courts, practicing
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attorneys-at-law, correctional officers, deputy sheriffs, probation and parole officers, members of
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any paid police force of the state or of any city or town, members of any paid fire department of
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any city or town,
and
members of the armed services on active duty
, and those persons seventy (70)
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years of age or older
.
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE -- PROCEDURE GENERALLY --
JURY LISTS
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This act would make those persons seventy (70) years of age or older exempt from jury
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service.
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This act would take effect upon passage.
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