Bill Text: IA HF2111 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to compensation for jurors.(See HF 2587, HF 2701.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-19 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2587. [HF2111 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2111-Introduced.html
House File 2111 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2111 BY ANDREWS A BILL FOR An Act relating to compensation for jurors. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 6199YH (1) 90 cm/ns
H.F. 2111 Section 1. Section 607A.8, subsection 1, Code 2024, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. A grand juror and a petit juror in all courts shall 3 receive thirty sixty dollars as compensation for each day’s 4 service or attendance, including attendance required for the 5 purpose of being considered for service. The supreme court may 6 adopt rules that allow additional compensation for jurors whose 7 attendance and service exceeds seven days. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill provides that a grand juror and a petit juror in 12 all courts shall receive $60 as compensation for each day’s 13 service. Under current law, a juror is entitled to $30 for 14 each day’s service. 15 -1- LSB 6199YH (1) 90 cm/ns 1/ 1
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