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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1537 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To permit individuals 70 years of age or older to opt out of jury service |
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| 6 | 6 | | in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY24, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. N |
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| 10 | 10 | | ORTONintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Oversight and Government Reform |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To permit individuals 70 years of age or older to opt out |
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| 14 | 14 | | of jury service in the Superior Court of the District |
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| 15 | 15 | | of Columbia. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘District of Columbia 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Superior Court Jury Duty for Seniors Opt Out Act of 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | 2025’’. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:45 Mar 13, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1537.IH H1537 |
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| 23 | 23 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •HR 1537 IH |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. PERMITTING INDIVIDUALS 70 YEARS OF AGE OR 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | OLDER TO OPT OUT OF JURY SERVICE IN SU-2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | PERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUM-3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | BIA. 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 11–1908(b), District of Columbia Official 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Code, is amended— 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) by striking ‘‘or (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)’’; 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | and 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) by striking the period at the end of the first 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | sentence and inserting ‘‘; or (5) excluded by the 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Court upon the request of the individual if the indi-11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | vidual is 70 years of age or older.’’. 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Æ |
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