Jury ACCESS Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1959
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-06-13
Policy area: Law
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Jury Access for Capable Citizens and Equality in Service Selection Act of 2023 or the Jury ACCESS Act of 2023</strong></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 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1959 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 13, 2023 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Collins , Mr. Whitehouse , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Markey , Ms. Baldwin , and Ms. Cantwell ) 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 2023 or the Jury ACCESS Act of 2023 . 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, .