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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8707 

To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify that protection for jurors 

on the basis of sex includes sexual orientation and gender identity. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 12, 2024 

Ms. BALINT (for herself, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. BEYER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 

BROWNLEY, Ms. CHU, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. 

CROCKETT, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. 

FROST, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. 

GOLDMAN of New York, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. 

KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PETERS, Mr. POCAN, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SOTO, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. TONKO, Mr. 

TORRES of New York, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and Ms. WILLIAMS of 

Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify that protection for jurors on the basis of sex includes sexual orientation and gender identity. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Juror Non-Discrimina5 tion Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. JURIES. 

2 Chapter 121 of title 28, United States Code, is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in section 1862, by inserting ‘‘(including 

5 sexual orientation and gender identity)’’ after ‘‘sex’’; 

6 (2) in section 1867(e), in the second sentence, 

7 by inserting ‘‘(including sexual orientation and gen8 der identity)’’ after ‘‘sex’’; and 

9 (3) in section 1869— 

10 (A) in subsection (j), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

11 the end; 

12 (B) in subsection (k), by striking the pe13 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

14 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(l) ‘gender identity’ shall mean the gender-related 

16 identity, appearance, mannerisms, or other gender-related 

17 characteristics of an individual, regardless of the individ18 ual’s designated sex at birth; 

19 ‘‘(m) ‘sex’ shall include— 

20 ‘‘(1) a sex stereotype; 

21 ‘‘(2) pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical 

22 condition; 

23 ‘‘(3) sexual orientation or gender identity; and 

24 ‘‘(4) sex characteristics, including intersex 

25 traits; 


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1 ‘‘(n) ‘sexual orientation’ shall mean homosexuality, 

2 heterosexuality, or bisexuality; and 

3 ‘‘(o) ‘race’, ‘color’, ‘religion’, ‘sex’ (including ‘sexual 

4 orientation’ and ‘gender identity’), ‘economic status’, or 

5 ‘national origin’, used with respect to an individual, in6 cludes— 

7 ‘‘(1) the race, color, religion, sex (including sex8 ual orientation and gender identity), economic sta9 tus, or national origin, respectively, of another per10 son with whom the individual is associated or has 

11 been associated; and 

12 ‘‘(2) a perception or belief, even if inaccurate, 

13 concerning the race, color, religion, sex (including 

14 sexual orientation and gender identity), economic 

15 status, or national origin, respectively, of the indi16 vidual.’’. 

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