US HB1515 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

US Congress House Bill 1515 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 76-8-1)
Status: Introduced on March 13 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-31 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal judicial code to prohibit the exclusion of citizens from service as a grand or petit juror in U.S. district courts or the Court of International Trade on account of sexual orientation or gender identity (thereby expanding the current prohibition against exclusion on account of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or economic status).

Title

Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2017

Sponsors

Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-31	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2017-03-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2017-03-13	House	Introduced in House