Cameras in the Courtroom Act
Summary
Cameras in the Courtroom Act This bill 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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 17, 2021
Last action Jun 24, 2021
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jun 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
upper
Mar 17, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1617)
upper
Mar 17, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard J. Durbin
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Klobuchar
DDemocratic
Co
Chuck Grassley
RRepublican
Co
Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
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