Senate File 2034 - Introduced
SENATE FILE 2034
BY J. TAYLOR
A BILL FOR
1 An Act creating an excuse from jury service for persons who are
2 eighteen years of age and enrolled in high school classes.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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 S.F. 2034
1 Section 1. Section 607A.5, Code 2024, is amended to read as
2 follows:
3 607A.5 Automatic excuse from jury service.
4 1. A person shall be excused from jury service if the
5 person submits written documentation verifying, to the court’s
6 satisfaction, that the person is solely responsible for the
7 daily care of a person with a permanent disability living
8 in the person’s household and that the performance of juror
9 service would cause substantial risk of injury to the health of
10 the person with a disability, or that the person is the mother
11 of a breastfed child and is responsible for the daily care of
12 the child. However, if the person is regularly employed at a
13 location other than the person’s household, the person shall
14 not be excused under this section subsection.
15 2. A person shall be excused from jury service if the person
16 is eighteen years of age and notifies the court that the person
17 is enrolled in high school classes and wishes to be excused
18 from jury service.
19 EXPLANATION
20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
21 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
22 This bill creates an automatic excuse from jury service. The
23 bill requires a court to excuse a person who is 18 years of age
24 and who notifies the court that the person is enrolled in high
25 school classes and wishes to be excused from jury service.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 607A.5