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89th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 2235: Relating to excuse from jury service for persons at least seventy-two years of age

Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to automatic excuses from jury service. The bill provides that a person shall be excused from jury service if the person is at least years of age and notifies the court that the person is at least years of age and wishes to be exempted from jury service.

Sponsors

Judiciary committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 1 for, 2 against

For: Personal Interest-Lynh Patterson

Against: Iowa Association for Justice; Iowa State Bar Association

In plain words

  1. February 9, 2022Filed in the Senate
  2. February 9, 2022Approved by the Senate committee
  3. March 24, 2022Sent to the Senate Judiciary committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/SF2235