Bill > H1204

This bill aims to improve how people respond to jury duty by changing existing laws related to juror service. It renames the "juror confirmation form" to "juror summons response" to clarify its purpose, and removes outdated language about specifying an "alternate month, day, and year" for service. The bill mandates that the office of jury commissioner will provide a confidential questionnaire to potential jurors and establishes that all grand and trial jurors must respond to a jury summons within 10 days of receiving it, with options for electronic or telephonic confirmation. If a juror doesn't respond, they will receive a second summons, which will be sent via certified mail or served by a sheriff or constable, and they will have 5 days to respond. The bill also allows the jury commissioner to summon additional jurors if needed and permits trial jurors to postpone their service once for up to a year, with the jury commissioner having the authority to manage these postponements to ensure diverse jury pools.