Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2011
Latest action · Aug 25, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
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.
- IntroducedAug 5, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2011 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court (including the Supreme Court) or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides, except when such action would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party.
Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable to the broadcast audience of the trial proceeding; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of the right to make such request.
Authorizes the Judicial Conference to promulgate mandatory guidelines with respect to the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Aug 5, 2011.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Daniel E. Lungren | Original | Aug 5, 2011 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Aug 5, 2011 |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Original | Aug 5, 2011 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Aug 5, 2011 |
| Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee | Referred Aug 25, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 25, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
- Aug 5, 2011Introduced in House
- Aug 5, 2011Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5896.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 410 | Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2011 | Related bill | Dec 6, 2011 |
| HR 5163 | Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2012 | Related bill | May 18, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 5, 2011Introduced in House
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.
