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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Massey
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Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2020
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Jury service; age exemption
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/11/2019 Senate Prefiled
12/11/2019 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/14/2020 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 28)
1/14/2020 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(Senate Journal-page 28)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 14-7-840 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE AGE EXEMPTION FROM JURY SERVICE, TO RAISE THE AGE EXEMPTION FROM SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 14-7-840 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 14-7-840. No person is exempt from service as a juror in any court of this State except men and women sixty-five seventy-five years of age or over. Notaries public are not considered state officers and are not exempt under this section. A person exempt under this section may be excused upon telephone confirmation of date of birth and age to the clerk of court or the chief magistrate. The jury commissioners shall not excuse or disqualify a juror under this section. The clerk of court shall maintain a list of persons excused by the court and the reasons the juror was determined to be excused."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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