US SB649 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on March 15 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1846)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 15 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1846)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
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.
Title
Cameras in the Courtroom Act
Sponsors
| Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA] | Sen. Al Franken [D-MN] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] |
| Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-15 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1846) |
Same As/Similar To
HB464 (Same As) 2017-02-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
HB4504 (Related) 2017-11-30 - Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, House Administration, the Judiciary, Ethics, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
HB4504 (Related) 2017-11-30 - Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, House Administration, the Judiciary, Ethics, Ways and Means, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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/115th-congress/senate-bill/649/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s649/BILLS-115s649is.pdf |
