S2491 (2025-26 session)

NY State bill

Prohibits peremptory challenges of prospective jurors based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, religious practice, age, disability, or sexual orientation.

Title
Relates to prohibiting certain discriminatory peremptory challenges to prospective jurors
Type
New York State Senate bill
Session
2025-26 session
Status
In Assembly Committee
Latest action date
2026-03-10
In committee
Codes
Introduced
2025-01-21
Same as
A317
Law section
Criminal Procedure Law

Sponsors

Heard in committee

Same as

Committee meetings

Committee meetings that took this bill up, from the Senate's published agendas. The Assembly does not publish its committee agendas in machine-readable form, so an Assembly committee's consideration of a bill is not on this list.

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