Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act

Bill: 119-s-2476
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2025-07-28
Policy area: Law
Latest action: action_date: 2025-07-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2476 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 28, 2025 Mr. Markey (for himself, Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Durbin , Mr. Fetterman , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Padilla , Ms. Warren , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Schiff , Mr. Welch , Mr. Wyden , and Mr. Sanders ) 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 striking infirmity and inserting disability that cannot be reasonably accommodated ; 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. .