Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 462
       
       
        
       By Senator Grall
       
       
       
       
       
       29-01029-24                                            2024462__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to excusal from jury service; amending
    3         s. 40.013, F.S.; requiring that a woman who has
    4         recently given birth be excused from certain jury
    5         service under specified conditions; providing an
    6         effective date.
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    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (12) is added to section 40.013,
   11  Florida Statutes, to read:
   12         40.013 Persons disqualified or excused from jury service.—
   13         (12) Upon written request with an accompanying photocopy of
   14  the newborn’s birth certificate, a woman who has given birth
   15  less than 6 months before being summoned for jury service shall
   16  be excused from that specific summons for jury service.
   17         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.