Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1515
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2017-03-13
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts

Judicial procedure and administration

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Specialized courts
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill 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 against exclusion on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status).</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1515 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 13, 2017 Mrs. Davis of California (for herself, Mr. Meehan , Mr. Pocan , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Zeldin , Mr. Norcross , Ms. Norton , Ms. Speier , Mr. Higgins of New York , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Delaney , Ms. Meng , Mr. Quigley , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mr. Donovan , and Mr. Ted Lieu of California ) introduced the following bill; which was 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 Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2017 . 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 .