Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act
Latest action · Sep 2, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedSep 2, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act
This bill prohibits the exclusion of individuals from jury service on the basis of their disability or age.
Further, the bill prohibits the disqualification of individuals from jury service who fail to meet certain qualifications (e.g., adequate proficiency in English) on the basis of their disability if reasonable accommodations can be made.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 2, 2025 to Feb 10, 2026; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Dave Min | Original | Sep 2, 2025 |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Original | Sep 2, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Sep 2, 2025 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Sep 2, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Sep 2, 2025 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Sep 2, 2025 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Sep 2, 2025 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Sep 2, 2025 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Sep 2, 2025 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Sep 2, 2025 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Sep 2, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Sep 2, 2025 |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Dec 10, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Jan 14, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Feb 3, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Feb 10, 2026 |
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 Sep 2, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 2, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 2, 2025Referred 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. 171, no. 143, September 2, 2025, page H3757.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1086 | Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Mar 30, 2023 |
| HR 2442 | Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Mar 30, 2023 |
| S 2476 | Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act | Related bill | Jul 28, 2025 |
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 disability.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 2, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
