119th Congress Law
S. 1146: Cameras in the Courtroom Act
Reported
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- Passed House (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties before the Court.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Richard Blumenthal D-CTOriginal
- Charles Grassley R-IAOriginal
- Amy Klobuchar D-MNOriginal
- Adam Schiff D-CA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Richard Durbin SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reported3 events+26
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Richard Durbin.
Show the full action history (5 actions)
- Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 445.
- Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1874)