Disability and Age in Jury Service Nondiscrimination Act

Summary

Prohibits excluding people from federal grand and petit juries because of a disability and requires courts to treat a prospective juror as qualified if reasonable accommodations would make them qualified. The bill replaces language about disqualification with a standard that disallows excluding jurors for disabilities that can be reasonably accommodated, expanding access to jury service for people with disabilities and requiring courts to consider accommodations during qualification.

• Prohibits excluding a person from federal grand or petit juries solely on account of disability.
• Replaces disqualification language with a standard focusing on disabilities that cannot be reasonably accommodated.
• Requires courts to consider and provide reasonable accommodations that would make a prospective juror qualified.
• Applies to qualification and disqualification processes used by federal juries, likely affecting juror questionnaires and screening.
• Does not provide dedicated funding or an explicit effective date in the provided text.
• Could expand the eligible juror pool and increase accommodation-related duties for courts and administrators.
• May lead to litigation if courts or administrators fail to consider reasonable accommodations.
• Does not define specific accommodations or the procedures for evaluating reasonableness, leaving interpretive questions to courts.