JUROR PAY-EMPLOYER
Summary
Amends the Jury Act and the Jury Commission Act. Requires employers to compensate employees at the employee's regular rate of pay for time that the employee served on jury duty.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Signed into Law
Jul 2026
Introduced Apr 21, 2026
Signed Jul 31, 2026
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The transition from the Engrossed to the Enrolled version of HB 4844 involved no substantive changes to the bill's policy, scope, or legal requirements. The only differences are minor formatting adjustments to the page headers and footers, which are standard administrative updates to finalize the bill for signing into law.
TECHNICAL
Updated page header and footer text from 'HB4844 Engrossed' to 'HB4844 Enrolled' to reflect the bill's final status.
Floor votes · Senate May 20, 2026 · House Apr 16, 2026
How they voted
34–20
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 58
May 20, 2026
D
Democratic39
87% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
38
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Amendments
2
Jul 31, 2026
Signed into law
Governor Approved
lower
May 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed Both Houses
lower
May 20, 2026
Upper · Passed
Third Reading - Passed; 035-020-001
upper
May 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Executive; 009-004-000
upper
Apr 28, 2026
Committee
Assigned to Executive
upper
Apr 21, 2026
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 21, 2026
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 069-034-000
lower
Apr 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted
lower
Apr 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommends Be Adopted Judiciary - Civil Committee; 011-007-000
lower
Apr 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Judiciary - Civil Committee
lower
Apr 13, 2026
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 13, 2026
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jay Hoffman
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Judiciary - Civil Committee; 013-007-000
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary - Civil Committee
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
2 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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