New Jersey A 5098: Repeals personalized handgun law.

Bill Text

A5098 

ASSEMBLY, No. 5098 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 18, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman� CODY D. MILLER

District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits physician assistant or advanced practice 
nurse to verify excusal from jury service due to medical inability to serve. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act concerning excusal from jury service and amending 
N.J.S.2B:20-10.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� N.J.S.2B:20-10 is 
amended to read as follows:

���� 2B:20-10.� An excuse from jury 
service shall be granted only if:

���� �a.��� The prospective juror 
is 75 years of age or older;

���� �b.�� The prospective juror 
has served as a juror within the last three years in the county to which the 
juror is being summoned;

���� �c.��� Jury service will 
impose a severe hardship due to circumstances which are not likely to change 
within the following year.� Severe hardship includes the following 
circumstances:

���� (1)�� The prospective juror 
has a medical inability to serve which is verified by a [licensed] physician, 
physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse licensed or certified pursuant 
to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes.

���� (2)�� The prospective juror 
will suffer a severe financial hardship which will compromise the juror's 
ability to support [himself, 
herself,] 
themselves or the juror�s dependents.� In determining whether to 
excuse the prospective juror, the Assignment Judge shall consider:� 

���� (a)�� the sources of the 
prospective juror's household income; [and]

���� (b)�� the availability and 
extent of income reimbursement; and

���� (c)�� the expected length of 
service.

���� (3)�� The prospective juror 
has a personal obligation to care for another, including: 

���� (a)�� a dependent who is 
sick, is elderly, or has an infirmity or a minor child, who requires the 
prospective juror's personal care and attention, and no alternative care is 
available without severe financial hardship on the prospective juror or the 
person requiring care; or

���� (b)�� a child who is one year 
of age or younger where the prospective juror is the child's mother and is 
nursing or expressing milk for the child.

���� (4)�� The prospective juror 
provides highly specialized technical health care services for which 
replacement cannot reasonably be obtained.

���� (5)�� The prospective juror is 
a health care worker directly involved in the care of a person with a mental or 
physical disability, and the prospective juror's continued presence is 
essential to the personal treatment of that person.

���� (6)�� The prospective juror is 
a member of the full-time instructional staff of a grammar school or high 
school, the scheduled jury service is during the school term, and a replacement 
cannot reasonably be obtained.� In determining whether to excuse the prospective 
juror or grant a deferral of service, the Assignment Judge shall consider: 

���� (a)�� the impact on the school 
considering the number and function of teachers called for jury service during 
the current academic year; and

���� (b)�� the special role of 
certified special education teachers in providing continuity of instruction to 
students with disabilities;

���� �d.�� The prospective juror is 
a member of a volunteer fire department or fire patrol; or

���� �e.��� The prospective juror 
is a volunteer member of a first aid or rescue squad.

(cf: P.L.2025, c.43, s.1)

���� 2. �This act shall take effect 
immediately and apply to prospective jurors summoned for jury service on or 
after the effective date.

STATEMENT

���� This bill permits a physician 
assistant or advanced practice nurse to verify a prospective juror�s excusal 
from jury service due to a medical inability to serve.

���� Under the bill, a physician 
assistant or advanced practice nurse must be licensed or certified pursuant to 
Title 45 of the Revised Statutes in order to provide the verification.

���� Under current law, only a 
licensed physician may verify a prospective juror�s excusal from jury service 
due to a medical inability to serve. �

���� The bill would take effect 
immediately and apply to jurors summoned on or after the effective date.