119 S2476 IS: Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act U.S. Senate 2025-07-28 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II119th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 2476IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJuly 28, 2025Mr. 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 JudiciaryA BILLTo 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..