US SB780 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on March 18 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1631)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 18 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1631)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Cameras in the Courtroom Act 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.
Title
Cameras in the Courtroom Act
Sponsors
| Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] |
| Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] | Sen. Al Franken [D-MN] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-18 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1631) |
Same As/Similar To
HB94 (Same As) 2015-02-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
HB1381 (Related) 2015-04-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
HB1381 (Related) 2015-04-21 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Subjects
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Due process and equal protection
Law
Supreme Court
Television and film
Due process and equal protection
Law
Supreme Court
Television and film
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/780/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s780/BILLS-114s780is.pdf |
