Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2476 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2476

To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of individuals from service on a Federal jury on account of disability.

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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

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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>