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Read. Follow. Verify.Missouri lowers minimum jury service age from twenty-one to nineteen
Last action · May 15, 2026: Referred: Emerging Issues(H)Sponsor: Donna Barnes
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What This Bill Would Do
House Bill 2440 lowers the minimum age requirement for serving on petit and grand juries in Missouri from twenty-one years of age to nineteen years of age.
Expands the pool of eligible jurors in state courts to include residents aged nineteen and twenty who previously did not meet the age threshold.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Residents aged nineteen and twenty
State court clerks and administrators
Court administrators must incorporate the newly eligible age cohort into the master jury lists and summoning processes.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
4 actions- May 15, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred: Emerging Issues(H)
- Jan 8, 2026HouseFloorRead Second Time (H)
- Jan 7, 2026HouseIntroducedRead First Time (H)
- Dec 16, 2025HouseIntroducedPrefiled (H)
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance35How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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