US SB1945 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress
Status
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: Introduced on December 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-13 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 319.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on December 5 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-13 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 319.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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
A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
Sponsors
| Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] | Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] |
| Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX] | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] | Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA] | Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA] |
| Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-02-13 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 319. |
| 2012-02-13 | Senate | Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report. |
| 2012-02-09 | Senate | Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. |
| 2011-12-06 | Senate | Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-584. |
| 2011-12-05 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8186) |
Same As/Similar To
HB3572 (Related) 2011-12-06 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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
