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Jury duty exemption for women breastfeeding.

IN · session 2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 5, 2026

Latest action (Mar 4, 2026) Public Law 69

Summary

Exempts a woman who is breastfeeding from jury duty. Sets forth requirements.

Sponsors (4)

6 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (25)

  1. Jan 5, 2026 Authored by Senator Donato · upper
  2. Jan 5, 2026 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary · upper
  3. Jan 6, 2026 Senator Doriot added as second author · upper
  4. Jan 8, 2026 Committee report: do pass, adopted · upper
  5. Jan 12, 2026 Senator Randolph added as coauthor · upper
  6. Jan 12, 2026 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
  7. Jan 13, 2026 Senator Young M added as coauthor · upper
  8. Jan 13, 2026 Senator Buck added as coauthor · upper
  9. Jan 13, 2026 House sponsor: Representative Olthoff · upper
  10. Jan 13, 2026 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 22: yeas 49, nays 0 · upper
  11. Jan 13, 2026 Senator Rogers added as third author · upper
  12. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to the House · upper
  13. Jan 20, 2026 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code · lower
  14. Jan 29, 2026 Representative King added as cosponsor · lower
  15. Feb 2, 2026 Representative Meltzer added as cosponsor · lower
  16. Feb 17, 2026 Representative Cash added as cosponsor · lower
  17. Feb 18, 2026 Committee report: do pass, adopted · lower
  18. Feb 23, 2026 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
  19. Feb 24, 2026 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 340: yeas 98, nays 0 · lower
  20. Feb 25, 2026 Returned to the Senate without amendments · lower
  21. Feb 27, 2026 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
  22. Feb 27, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  23. Mar 4, 2026 Signed by the Governor · executive
  24. Feb 27, 2026 Signed by the Speaker · lower
  25. Mar 4, 2026 Public Law 69 · upper
Subjects
COURTS; GenerallyCOURTS; JuriesHEALTH; Pregnancy

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