Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act

Bill: 118-s-1086
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-03-30
Policy area: Law
Latest action: action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-03-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong></strong><b>Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the exclusion of individuals from jury service on the basis of their disability or age.</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 or infirmity if reasonable accommodations can be made.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1086 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 30, 2023 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Casey , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Blumenthal , Ms. Duckworth , Ms. Warren , Mr. Padilla , Mr. Wyden , Ms. Smith , and Ms. Klobuchar ) 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 Disability and Age in Jury Service 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, age, after origin, . (b) Qualifications for jury service Section 1865 of title 28, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(4), by inserting that cannot be reasonably accommodated after infirmity ; and (2) 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 if the person would be qualified under such paragraph (2) or (3) by reasonable accommodation. .