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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024

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RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - PROCEDURE GENERALLY - JURY

LISTS

     Introduced By: Representatives Knight, Speakman, Serpa, Phillips, McEntee, Batista,
Boylan, Hull, Shallcross Smith, and Azzinaro

     Date Introduced: January 19, 2024

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 9-9-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 9-9 entitled "Jury Lists" is

hereby amended to read as follows:

     9-9-3. Persons exempt from service.

     The following persons shall be exempted from serving as jurors, unless such persons shall

waive their exemption, namely: the members of congress from the state of Rhode Island, the general

officers of the state, the members and officers of the general assembly during their tenure of office

irrespective of whether the general assembly is in session or not, the jury commissioner and his or

her assistants, the justices of the state and United States courts, clerks of those courts, practicing

attorneys-at-law, correctional officers, deputy sheriffs, probation and parole officers, members of

any paid police force of the state or of any city or town, members of any paid fire department of

any city or town, and members of the armed services on active duty, and any person seventy (70)

years of age or older.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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     This act would make persons seventy (70) years of age or older eligible for exemption from

jury service.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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