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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Excusal from Jury Service"
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description: "Excusal from Jury Service; Requires that woman who has recently given birth be excused from certain jury service under specified conditions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 461"
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citation: "Florida HB 461 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2024-122"
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primary_sponsors: ["Amesty"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-11-14"
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last_action: "2024-04-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6a0063b-e571-4d7e-be73-658a5491568c"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/461/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "14ddd36de767506a65cf833abedba49a32d077a89fc98ddcde2362cce7268480"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 461 (2024) — Excusal from Jury Service
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Excusal from Jury Service; Requires that woman who has recently given birth be excused from certain jury service under specified conditions.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-122.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 461 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/461/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 461 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/461/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 461 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/461/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Amesty — primary (person)
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- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
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- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
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- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
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- Canady — cosponsor (person)
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- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
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- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
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- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
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- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-11-14** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-11-22** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-11-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-11-22** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
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- **2023-11-29** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-12-06** Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-12-06** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
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- **2023-12-06** Now in Judiciary Committee
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- **2023-12-22** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
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- **2024-01-08** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-08** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
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- **2024-01-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2024-01-08** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-11** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2024-01-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2024-01-11** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/17/2024)
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- **2024-01-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-17** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2024-01-17** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2024-01-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-01-18** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-01-18** In Messages
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- **2024-01-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Received `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-14** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2024-02-14** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2024-02-14** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 462
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- **2024-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-14** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Immediately certified
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- **2024-02-14** In Messages
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- **2024-02-14** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-04-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-29** Chapter No. 2024-122
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6a0063b-e571-4d7e-be73-658a5491568c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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