SF 2346 (LSB 5670SV (2) 90)

SENATE FILE 2346

BY  COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2034)

A BILL FOR

An Act creating an excuse from jury service for persons who are between eighteen and twenty-one years of age and enrolled in certain classes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 607A.5, Code 2024, 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 between eighteen and twenty-one years of age and provides the court with documentation that the person is enrolled in high school classes, is a high school student attending college-level classes at an institution as defined in section 261E.2, or is a high school student participating in career and technical education programs or advanced college placement courses provided by a school district or community college, and wishes to be excused 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 creates an automatic excuse from jury service. The bill requires a court to excuse a person who is between the ages of 18 and 21 and who provides the court with documentation that the person is enrolled in high school classes, is a high school student attending college-level courses, or is a high school student participating in career and technical education programs or advance college placement courses provided by a school district or community college, if the person wishes to be excused from jury service.