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Lateefah Simon (D-CA)

Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act

H.R. 5096 · House bill Law

A Democratic bill with 16 Democratic cosponsors · See all 16 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

H.R. 5096, known as the "Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act," aims to stop people from being kept off Federal juries because of their disability or age. It changes the law to prohibit discrimination based on these factors. The bill also ensures that people cannot be disqualified from jury service if a reasonable accommodation would make them qualified.

Yes· 3 of 5

  • Scored +10

    Would people with disabilities be better off under this?

    Directly prohibits jury exclusion based on disability and mandates reasonable accommodations.

  • Scored +8

    Would people over 65 be better off under this?

    Prohibits the exclusion of individuals from jury service based on age.

  • Scored +8

    Would retired people be better off under this?

    Ensures that elderly citizens are not excluded from jury service based on age.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.