House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
District of Columbia Superior Court Jury Duty for Seniors Opt Out Act of 2025
Official title: To permit individuals 70 years of age or older to opt out of jury service in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Sponsor: Rep. Eleanor Norton D-DCWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1537.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. NORTON, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 36, February 24, 2025, Page H769):clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1537, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1537
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 13, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 13, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Eleanor Norton.
- H.R. 189 (119th) Securities and Exchange Commission Real Estate Leasing Authority Revocation Act
- H.R. 2693 (119th) District of Columbia Electronic Transmittal of Legislation Act
- H.R. 51 (119th) Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- H.R. 880 (119th) Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act
- H.R. 1888 (119th) Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2025
- H.R. 7441 (119th) Bayard Rustin Stamp Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.