Illinois House Bill 2203 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Jury Act. Provides that a circuit court shall develop a policy for allowing prospective jurors who are older than a certain age to be permanently excused from jury duty. Provides that a circuit court, when determining the age at which a prospective juror may be excused based on age, shall consider the following: the age at which jury duty may become difficult for a significant number of jurors; and the jury pool available for that circuit court. Provides that a prospective juror meeting the age requirement may apply for the exemption based on a self-assessment of his or her physical limitations and mobility issues. Provides that the county board, jury administrator, or jury commissioner shall permanently exclude the prospective juror from all current and subsequent jury lists.

COURTS-JURY DUTY-AGE EXEMPTION

Rep. Norine Hammond [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-20	House	Reported Back To Judiciary - Civil Committee;
2019-03-20	House	Recommends Do Pass Subcommittee/ Judiciary - Civil Committee; 003-000-000
2019-02-20	House	To Civil Procedure Subcommittee
2019-02-20	House	To Commercial Law Subcommittee
2019-02-19	House	Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
2019-02-07	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-02-07	House	First Reading
2019-02-07	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Norine K. Hammond

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
705	305	4.2	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2203&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB2203.htm