[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1959 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1959

  To amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit the exclusion of 
    individuals from service on a Federal jury on account of sexual 
                    orientation or gender identity.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2023

  Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms. Cortez 
   Masto, Mr. Markey, Ms. Baldwin, and Ms. Cantwell) 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 sexual 
                    orientation or gender identity.

    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 ``Jury Access for Capable Citizens and 
Equality in Service Selection Act of 2023'' or the ``Jury ACCESS Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION FROM FEDERAL JURIES ON ACCOUNT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION 
              OR GENDER IDENTITY PROHIBITED.

    Section 1862 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``sexual orientation, gender identity,'' after ``sex,''.
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