S.F. 2034 Section 1. Section 607A.5, Code 2024, 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 person 15 is eighteen years of age and notifies the court that the person 16 is enrolled in high school classes and wishes to be excused 17 from jury service. 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 a court to excuse a person who is 18 years of age 23 and who notifies the court that the person is enrolled in high 24 school classes and wishes to be excused from jury service. 25 -1- LSB 5670XS (2) 90 cm/ns 1/ 1