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Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act
To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of individuals from service on a Federal jury on account of disability.
Summary
This Act amends federal law to prohibit excluding individuals from federal jury service on account of disability or age. The Act revises the definition of disqualifying conditions from "infirmity" to "disability that cannot be reasonably accommodated," narrowing what constitutes grounds for exclusion. It requires that individuals with disabilities be allowed to serve on federal grand and petit juries if they would otherwise be qualified under jury service criteria and if reasonable accommodations can enable their service. The Act adds disability and age to the list of protected characteristics in jury selection, alongside race, color, religion, sex, and national origin.
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Sponsor (1)
12 cosponsors
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA)
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT)
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR)
Actions (2)
- Jul 28, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Jul 28, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Disability and Age in Jury Service 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, 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.”. <all>
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