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AL SB76

Bill

Status

Passed

5/22/2025

Primary Sponsor

April Weaver

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Designates the act as "Parker's Law" and amends Section 12-16-63 of the Alabama Code to add nursing mothers as a new category eligible for jury duty exemption.

  • Allows nursing mothers to request exemption from jury service by providing: (i) a written statement that she is a nursing mother, and (ii) a certificate of birth or other government document or medical record certifying the birth of the child she is nursing.

  • Grants a 24-month exemption from jury service for prospective jurors who qualify as nursing mothers at the time they receive a summons.

  • Clarifies that nursing mothers are exempt from jury service alongside other qualifying grounds including undue or extreme physical or financial hardship and mental or physical conditions that incapacitate the person.

  • Becomes effective on October 1, 2025.

Legislative Description

Jury duty; exemption for nursing mothers

Courts & Judges

Last Action

Enacted

5/22/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/20/2025
Judiciary2/4/2025

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