Disabled Jurors Nondiscrimination Act

S. 3942 · 117th Congress · Mar 29, 2022 · Lineage

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.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Disabled Jurors Nondiscrimination Act”.

Sec. 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.”

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Mar 29, 2022viewing Introduced in Senate 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

Disabled Jurors Nondiscrimination Act

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Exclusion from Federal juries on account of disability

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