Relating to excuse from jury service for persons at least seventy-five years of age

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 15, 2025
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

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 years of age.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Senate subcommittee

Named January 15, 2025. On January 22, 2025 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Tom Shipley REmail
• Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach DEmail
• Sen. David D. Rowley REmail

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§607A.5

Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works