SF 344 (LSB 1389SV (2) 88)

SENATE FILE 344

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1138)

(COMPANION TO HF 108 BY BRECKENRIDGE)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to excuse from jury service for persons at least seventy-two years of age.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 607A.5, Code 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   607A.5  Automatic excuse from jury service.
   1.  A person shall be excused from jury service if the person submits written documentation verifying, to the court’s satisfaction, that the person is solely responsible for the daily care of a person with a permanent disability living in the person’s household and that the performance of juror service would cause substantial risk of injury to the health of the person with a disability, or that the person is the mother of a breastfed child and is responsible for the daily care of the child. However, if the person is regularly employed at a location other than the person’s household, the person shall not be excused under this section subsection.
   2.  A person shall be excused from jury service if the person is at least seventy-two years of age and notifies the court that the person is at least seventy-two years of age and wishes to be exempted from jury service.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to automatic excuses from jury service. The bill provides that a person shall be excused from jury service if the person is at least 72 years of age and notifies the court that the person is at least 72 years of age and wishes to be exempted from jury service.