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119-hr-5096119th Congress

Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act

Sponsored By: Representative Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12]

Introduced

Summary

Would ban age and disability discrimination in federal jury service. It would amend Title 28 of the U.S. Code to add "disability" and "age" to the protected characteristics used in juror qualification. The bill replaces the word "infirmity" with "disability that cannot be reasonably accommodated." It would also add a rule that a person cannot be disqualified from grand or petit juries for disability if reasonable accommodation would make them qualified. The bill is titled the Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act.

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No age or disability bias in federal juries

If enacted, federal courts would be barred from excluding jurors because of disability or age. This would apply to both grand juries and trial juries. Courts would need to consider reasonable accommodations before disqualifying someone for disability. A person could be disqualified only when no reasonable accommodation would make them qualified.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12]

CA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]

    MO • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 9/2/2025

  • Rep. Walkinshaw, James R. [D-VA-11]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 12/10/2025

  • Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 1/14/2026

  • Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 2/3/2026

  • Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 2/10/2026

Roll Call Votes

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