Disabled Jurors Nondiscrimination Act

Bill: 117-s-3942
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2022-03-29
Policy area: Law
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Disabled Jurors Nondiscrimination Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits the exclusion of individuals from jury service on the basis of their disability.</p> <p>Further, the bill prohibits the disqualification of individuals from jury service who fail to meet certain qualifications (e.g., adequate proficiency in English) on the basis of their disability.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3942 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 29, 2022 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Brown , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Casey , Ms. Smith , Ms. Klobuchar , Ms. Warren , Mr. Blumenthal , and Mr. Padilla ) 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 disability.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disabled Jurors Nondiscrimination Act . 2. Exclusion from Federal juries on account of disability (a) Discrimination prohibited Section 1862 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting disability, after origin, . (b) Qualifications for jury service Section 1865 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) No person may be disqualified from serving on grand and petit juries in the district court under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (b) on account of disability. .