{"bill":{"bill_key":"NY-S2491-2026","title":"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.","side":"pro","state":"NY","year":2026,"status_cat":"failed","ls_status":"engrossed","summary":"Prohibits peremptory challenges of prospective jurors based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, religious practice, age, di…","notes":"failed at sine die 2026-06-05; No peremptory challenges of prospective jurors based on a variety of identity classes including SOGI.","types_str":"Jury Nondiscrimination","sponsor_mix":"D","final_margin_pct":75.4,"url":"https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/S02491/2025","url_kind":"legiscan","source":"legiscan","special":0,"bluebook":{"cite":"S. 2491, 2025–2026 Leg., Reg. Sess. (N.Y. 2025), https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S2491.","short":"N.Y. S. 2491."}},"same_key":[],"sponsors":[{"name":"Andrew Gounardes","party":"D","state":"NY","district":"SD-026","is_primary":true,"href":"/people/ls-20262"}],"citations":["NY:270.25"],"text":{"available":true,"credit":"Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative.","versions":[{"role":"intro","label":"As introduced","chars":3329}]}}