TX HB580

Prohibits disqualifying prospective jurors or using peremptory challenges to exclude them based on actual or perceived race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, national origin, or economic status

Expands existing criminal procedure protections beyond just race-based challenges to include multiple protected classes, and extends the right to challenge discriminatory jury selection from defendants only to either party in a case

Requires courts to dismiss the entire jury array and call a new one if either attorney is found to have exercised peremptory challenges based on prohibited discriminatory reasons

Establishes a burden-shifting framework where a complaining party must present a prima facie case of discrimination, after which the opposing attorney must provide a class-neutral explanation for their challenges

Takes effect September 1, 2025, and applies to both civil and criminal proceedings in Texas