A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
Latest action · Sep 8, 2008 By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 110-448.
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.
- IntroducedJan 22, 2007
- 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.)
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 involved.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2007 to Jan 30, 2007; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | Jan 22, 2007 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Jan 30, 2007 |
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 Jan 22, 2007Hearings Feb 14, 2007Markup Dec 6, 2007Reported Jul 29, 2008 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2008By Senator Leahy from Committee on the Judiciary filed written report. Report No. 110-448.
- Jul 29, 2008Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
- Jul 29, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 907.
- Dec 6, 2007Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Feb 14, 2007Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
- Jan 29, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1257-1262)
- Jan 22, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 22, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S831-834)
- Jan 22, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S834)
In the Congressional Record 2
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 S1257–S1259 | Arlen Specter D-PA | Jan 29, 2007 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S831–S834Text printed S834 | Arlen Specter D-PA (text) | Jan 22, 2007 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Dec 18, 2007S. 344, A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on December 6, 2007</p>
- Dec 18, 2007S. 344, A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedingsCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on December 6, 2007
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44514 | Video Broadcasting from the Federal Courts: Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Oct 28, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1299 | To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings. | Identical bill | Mar 1, 2007 |
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.
- Jul 29, 2008Reported to Senate
- Jan 22, 2007Introduced 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.
