US Congress House Bill 3054 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on June 25 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-07-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate 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 of the United States to promulgate mandatory guidelines with respect to the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act.

Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009

Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-07-23		Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
2009-06-25		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

SB657 (Related) 2010-04-29 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 361.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3054/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr3054/BILLS-111hr3054ih.pdf