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HR 1299 110th Congress House Law Science, Technology, Communications Supreme Court Television broadcasting

To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

Introduced: March 1, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 1, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now March 1, 2007

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jan 15, 2008
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 1, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1299: To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1299/
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"H.R. 1299: To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1299/.
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H.R. 1299, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1299/.
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