Breastfeeding Mothers Jury Duty Exclusion Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5183
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-11-19
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Judicial procedure and administration

Women's health
Latest action: action_date: 2019-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-11-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Breastfeeding Mothers Jury Duty Exclusion Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill allows a breastfeeding woman to be excused from federal or District of Columbia court jury service upon request by the individual.<br /> </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5183 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 19, 2019 Ms. Norton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To exempt breastfeeding women from jury duty, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Breastfeeding Mothers Jury Duty Exclusion Act of 2019 . 2. Jury duty exemption for breastfeeding women (a) Courts of the United States Section 1866 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (c), by inserting after Except as provided the following: in subsection (h) of this section, ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (h) An individual who is a breastfeeding woman summoned for jury service shall be excused by the court, or by the clerk under supervision of the court if the court’s jury selection plan so authorizes, upon the individual’s request. . (b) Courts of the District of Columbia Section 11–1908(b), District of Columbia Official Code, is amended— (1) by striking or (4) and inserting (4) ; and (2) by striking the period at the end of the first sentence and inserting the following: ; or (5) excluded by the Court upon the request of the individual if the individual is a breastfeeding woman. .