Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2019
Latest action · Mar 22, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 30, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2019
This bill prohibits the exclusion of individuals from jury service on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Cosponsors 85
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2019 to Jul 22, 2020; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| R-NY | John Katko | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| R-NY | Lee M. Zeldin | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jan 30, 2019 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Jan 31, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jan 31, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Feb 7, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Feb 13, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Feb 22, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 22, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Feb 22, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Feb 26, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Feb 26, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Feb 26, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Mar 4, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Mar 6, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Mar 6, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Mar 6, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Mar 11, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Mar 11, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Mar 11, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Mar 26, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Apr 4, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Apr 4, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Apr 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | May 1, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | May 8, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | May 15, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | May 15, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Tj Cox | May 15, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | May 23, 2019 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | May 23, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | May 23, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Sep 27, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Oct 8, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Oct 8, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Oct 16, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Dec 19, 2019 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Jul 22, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 30, 2019 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Mar 22, 2019 | |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Mar 22, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- Jan 30, 2019Introduced in House
- Jan 30, 2019Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 19, January 30, 2019, page H1337.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 250 | Jury ACCESS Act | Related bill | Jan 29, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 30, 2019Introduced in House
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