A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
Latest action · Mar 30, 2006 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 384.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 26, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the federal judicial code to require the U.S. Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the justices decide, by majority vote, that such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of one or more of the parties before the Court.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 26, 2005 to Nov 7, 2005; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Sep 26, 2005 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Sep 26, 2005 |
| R-VA | George Allen | Original | Sep 26, 2005 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Sep 26, 2005 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Sep 26, 2005 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | Sep 26, 2005 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Nov 7, 2005 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 26, 2005Hearings Nov 9, 2005Markup Mar 30, 2006Reported Mar 30, 2006 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2006Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 30, 2006Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
- Mar 30, 2006Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 384.
- Nov 9, 2005Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-331.
- Sep 26, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Sep 26, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10426-10429)
- Sep 26, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10429)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10402, S10426–S10430Text printed S10429 | Arlen Specter D-PA (text), Patrick J. Leahy D-VT | Sep 26, 2005 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Apr 18, 2006S. 1768, A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 30, 2006</p>
- Apr 18, 2006S. 1768, A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedingsCost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 30, 2006
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 109-39 | S. 241, PERMANENTLY EXEMPTING THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND FROM PORTIONS OF THE ANTI-DEFICIENCY ACT66 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Apr 11, 2005 |
| Serial No. 109-7 | PROBLEMS WITH THE E-RATE PROGRAM: GAO REVIEW OF FCC MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT70 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Mar 16, 2005 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4380 | To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings. | Identical bill | Feb 6, 2006 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 30, 2006Reported to Senate
- Sep 26, 2005Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.