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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 594
SENATE BILL NO. 1893
By Bowling, Campbell, Jackson, Lamar
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1715
By Hale, Reeves, Helton-Haynes, Sherrell, Salinas, Hardaway, Camper, Terry
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 22, Chapter 1 and Title 22, Chapter 2, relative
to jury service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 22-1-103, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
( ) A mother who is breastfeeding a child is excused from jury service upon providing
the court with a supporting medical statement from a licensed physician or a certified
professional midwife. The jury coordinator of the county shall excuse a mother who is
breastfeeding a child from jury service upon receiving a written request to be excused and a
supporting medical statement from a licensed physician or a certified professional midwife.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1893
PASSED: March 2, 2026
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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