Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB137: Require excusal of prospective jurors aged 75 and older
Status: Signed into law, April 18, 2025
What the bill says
An act providing that prospective jurors who are 75 years of age or older must be excused on request; amending section 3-15-313, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT PROSPECTIVE JURORS WHO ARE 75 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER MUST BE EXCUSED ON REQUEST; AMENDING SECTION 3-15-313, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 3-15-313, MCA, is amended to read: "3-15-313. Who may be excused -- affidavit to claim excuse -- permanent exclusion for chronically incapacitated. (1) The court or the jury commissioner with the approval of the court shall excuse a person from jury service upon on finding that jury service would entail undue hardship for the person, a dependent of the person, or the public served by the person. An excuse may be granted if the prospective juror is a breastfeeding mother or otherwise has a personal obligation to provide actual and necessary care to another, including a sick, aged, or special needs dependent who requires the prospective juror's personal care and attention, and comparable substitute care is either unavailable or impractical without imposing an undue economic hardship on the prospective juror or dependent person. (2) If a person believes jury service would entail undue hardship for the person, a dependent of the person, or the public served by the person, the person may make and transmit an affidavit to the jury commissioner for which the person is summoned, stating the person's occupation or other facts that the person believes …
Sponsors
- Trebas, Jeremy (R, 10) · primary sponsor
- Klakken, Shane (R, 37)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (S) Signed by Governor
- : (S) Transmitted to Governor
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (S) Returned from Enrolling
- : (S) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (March 27, 2025): 90 yea, 9 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 26, 2025): 91 yea, 7 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 6, 2025): 38 yea, 11 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 5, 2025): 39 yea, 9 nay, passed
Subjects: Courts, Retirement, Senior Citizens, Juries and Jurors
Common questions
- What is SB137?
- SB137 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Require excusal of prospective jurors aged 75 and older.
- What does SB137 do?
- In its own words: An act providing that prospective jurors who are 75 years of age or older must be excused on request; amending section 3-15-313, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of SB137?
- Signed into law as of April 18, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (April 18, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB137?
- Trebas, Jeremy (R, 10), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB137?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0012
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