Jury ACCESS Act

Bill: 115-s-635
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2017-03-15
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts

Judicial procedure and administration

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Specialized courts
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Jury Access for Capable Citizens and Equality in Service Selection Act of 2017 or the Jury ACCESS Act</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: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 635 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 15, 2017 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Collins , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Markey , and Mrs. Murray ) 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 2017 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, .