Cameras in the Courtroom Act
Latest action · Jun 24, 2021 Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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.
- IntroducedMar 17, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cameras in the Courtroom Act
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 involved.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 17, 2021.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
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 Mar 17, 2021Markup Jun 24, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2021Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 17, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Mar 17, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1617)
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 | Text printed S1617 | Richard J. Durbin D-IL (text) | Mar 17, 2021 |
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 estimate
- Nov 30, 2021S. 807, Cameras in the Courtroom ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 24, 2021
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 822 | Cameras in the Courtroom Act | Reintroduction of | Mar 14, 2019 |
| S 858 | Cameras in the Courtroom Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 16, 2023 |
| HR 2055 | Transparency in Government Act of 2021 | Related bill | Oct 19, 2021 |
| HR 4257 | Cameras in the Courtroom Act | Related bill | Nov 1, 2022 |
Titles 2
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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Cameras in the Courtroom Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2021Introduced 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.
