US Congress House Bill 917 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 28 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-12-03 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013 - 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 for purposes of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising the witness; 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. Terminates a district court's authority under this Act three years after enactment of this Act.

Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013

Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Kerry Bentivolio [R-MI]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2013-04-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet.
2013-02-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB405 (Related) 2013-02-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1014-1015)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/917/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr917/BILLS-113hr917ih.pdf