US SB446 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-06-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 420.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 13 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-06-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 420.
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. Mark Begich [D-AK] | Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX] | Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI] |
| Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA] | Sen. Edward Kaufman [D-DE] | Sen. John Kerry [D-MA] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] |
| Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY] | Sen. Arlen Specter [D-PA] | Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-06-08 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 420. | |
| 2010-06-08 | Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report. | |
| 2010-04-29 | Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. | |
| 2009-02-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | |
| 2009-02-13 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2332-2336) |
Same As/Similar To
HB429 (Same As) 2009-01-09 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
SR339 (Related) 2010-06-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 421.
SR339 (Related) 2010-06-08 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 421.
Subjects
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Due process and equal protection
Supreme Court
Television and film
