SB 330 Michigan Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Courts: juries; exemption from jury service; expand. Amends sec. 1307a of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.1307a).

SB 330 expands exemptions from Michigan jury duty to include nursing mothers (with medical verification), participants in the address confidentiality program, U.S. military service members and their spouses (during active duty), hospice caregivers, and parents caring for children with serious health conditions. To claim these exemptions, individuals must provide documentation like a physician's letter, military orders, or program verification. The bill modifies existing jury eligibility rules to add these specific categories while maintaining requirements for basic qualifications like U.S. citizenship and English communication. This change directly affects those in these protected groups who would otherwise be required to serve on juries.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Oct 2025
Senate Passage
Oct 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced May 29, 2025 Last action Oct 21, 2025
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Senate Introduced Bill As Passed by the Senate · 5 edits · Oct 21, 2025
MODERATE
This bill amends Michigan's jury service laws to clarify qualification criteria and expand exemptions. The changes add new exemptions for service member spouses, hospice caregivers, and parental caregivers of children with serious health conditions, while reorganizing the statute's structure and updating some definitions.
Scope change
The bill applies to all Michigan jury service requirements and expands who can claim exemptions from serving on juries.
EXEMPTIONS

Added new exemption for spouses of service members who must live outside Michigan or the US due to active duty

Added new exemption for familial caregivers of hospice patients or those in bereavement

Added new exemption for parental caregivers of children with serious health conditions

REQUIREMENT

Reorganized the statute's numbering and structure while maintaining core qualification criteria

DEFINITION

Updated definitions of 'Certified nurse midwife' and 'Familial caretaker' to provide clearer legal standards

Floor votes · Senate Oct 21, 2025

How they voted

352
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
Oct 21, 2025
D Democratic19
19 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
16 Yea 2 Nay 1
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
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Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Oct 21, 2025
Committee
referred to Committee on Judiciary
lower
Oct 21, 2025
Introduced
received on 10/21/2025
lower
Oct 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED ROLL CALL # 277 YEAS 34 NAYS 2 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
upper
Sep 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S)
upper
Sep 22, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
upper
Sep 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 9/18/2025
upper
May 29, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY
upper
May 29, 2025
Introduced
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MALLORY MCMORROW
upper
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors

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