Jury ACCESS Act

Bill: 113-s-38
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2013-01-22
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts

Judicial procedure and administration

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Specialized courts
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Jury Access for Capable Citizens and Equality in Service Selection Act of 2013 or the Jury ACCESS Act - Amends the federal judicial code to prohibit the exclusion of citizens from service as a grand or petit juror in U.S. district courts or the Court of International Trade on account of sexual orientation or gender identity (thereby expanding the current prohibition on exclusion on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status).</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 38 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 22 (legislative day, January 3), 2013 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mr. Whitehouse , and Ms. Collins ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of individuals from service on a Federal jury on account of sexual orientation or gender identity.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Jury Access for Capable Citizens and Equality in Service Selection Act of 2013 or the Jury ACCESS Act . 2. Exclusion from Federal juries on account of sexual orientation or gender identity prohibited Section 1862 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting sexual orientation, gender identity, after sex, .