US SB822 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on March 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1905)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1905)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
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
Cameras in the Courtroom Act
Sponsors
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL] | Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-03-14 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1905) |
Same As/Similar To
HB5150 (Related) 2019-12-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
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 |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/822/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s822/BILLS-116s822is.pdf |