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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Excusal from Jury Service"
description: "Excusal from Jury Service; Requires that woman who has recently given birth be excused from certain jury service under specified conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 461"
citation: "Florida HB 461 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2024-122"
primary_sponsors: ["Amesty"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-11-14"
last_action: "2024-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6a0063b-e571-4d7e-be73-658a5491568c"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/461/ByCategory"
source_hash: "14ddd36de767506a65cf833abedba49a32d077a89fc98ddcde2362cce7268480"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---
# Florida HB 461 (2024) — Excusal from Jury Service
Excusal from Jury Service; Requires that woman who has recently given birth be excused from certain jury service under specified conditions.
**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-122.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **H 461 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/461/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 461 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/461/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 461 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/461/BillText/er/PDF)
## Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — **1140** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Amesty — primary (person)
- Judiciary Committee — primary (organization)
- Bankson — cosponsor (person)
- Basabe — cosponsor (person)
- Canady — cosponsor (person)
- Daniels — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
- Plakon — cosponsor (person)
- Trabulsy — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Civil Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** Referred to Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-22** Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-11-29** Added to Civil Justice Subcommittee agenda
- **2023-12-06** Favorable by Civil Justice Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-06** Reported out of Civil Justice Subcommittee
- **2023-12-06** Now in Judiciary Committee
- **2023-12-22** Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
- **2024-01-08** Favorable with CS by Judiciary Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-08** Reported out of Judiciary Committee
- **2024-01-08** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
- **2024-01-08** CS Filed `filing`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
- **2024-01-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2024-01-11** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-11** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/17/2024)
- **2024-01-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-17** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-17** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2024-01-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-18** CS passed; YEAS 114, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-01-18** In Messages
- **2024-01-19** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Received `enrolled`
- **2024-02-14** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2024-02-14** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 462
- **2024-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-14** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Immediately certified
- **2024-02-14** In Messages
- **2024-02-14** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-29** Chapter No. 2024-122
## Source
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).