Senate File 18 - Introduced SENATE FILE 18 BY SINCLAIR A BILL FOR An Act relating to excuse from jury service for persons at 1 least seventy-five years of age. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1365XS (1) 91 cm/ns
S.F. 18 Section 1. Section 607A.5, Code 2025, 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 courts 5 satisfaction, that the person is solely responsible for the 6 daily care of a person with a permanent disability living 7 in the persons 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 persons household, the person shall 13 not be excused under this section subsection . 14 2. A person shall be excused from jury service if the 15 person submits written documentation verifying, to the courts 16 satisfaction, that the person is at least seventy-five years 17 of age. 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 This bill creates an automatic excuse from jury service. The 22 bill requires the court to excuse a person from jury service 23 if the person submits written documentation verifying, to the 24 courts satisfaction, that the person is at least 75 years of 25 age. 26 -1- LSB 1365XS (1) 91 cm/ns 1/ 1