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90th General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 2701: Relating to juries, including juror compensation and employer conduct, and making penalties applicable

Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill provides that a grand juror and a petit juror in all courts shall receive $75 as compensation for each day’s service or attendance. Under current law, a juror is entitled to $30 for each day’s service or attendance. The bill also requires the supreme court to adopt rules that allow juror compensation for service or attendance over seven days to be increased to $95 per day after the seventh day of service or attendance.

Sponsors

Appropriations (successor To Hf 2111) committee

Cost

See the fiscal note

5 million per year.

Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against

For: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Iowa State Bar Association; NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Iowa-Nebraska

In plain words

  1. April 18, 2024Filed in the House

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/90/HF2701