SF 18 (LSB 1365XS (1) 91)

SENATE FILE 18

BY  SINCLAIR

A BILL FOR

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

    Section 1.  Section 607A.5, Code 2025, 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 submits written documentation verifying, to the court’s satisfaction, that the person is at least seventy-five years of age.
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 the court to excuse a person from jury service if the person submits written documentation verifying, to the court’s satisfaction, that the person is at least 75 years of age.