Jury ACCESS Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2115
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-06-17
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts

Judicial procedure and administration

Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Specialized courts
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Jury Access for Capable Citizens and Equality in Service Selection Act of 2021 or the Jury ACCESS Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the exclusion of individuals from jury service on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2115 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 17, 2021 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Collins , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Whitehouse , Ms. Cantwell , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Markey , and Ms. Cortez Masto ) 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 2021 or the Jury ACCESS Act of 2021 . 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, .