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S 446 111th Congress Senate Law Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Due process and equal protection Supreme Court Television and film

A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

Introduced: February 13, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 8, 2010
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 420.
Jun 8, 2010
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
Apr 29, 2010
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 13, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 13, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2332-2336)
Feb 13, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

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 June 8, 2010

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 420.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • SRES 339 Related bill A resolution to express the sense of the Senate in support of permitting the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
  • HR 429 Identical bill To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 2
D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jul 29, 2009
 R
Cornyn, John
Texas · Feb 13, 2009
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 13, 2009
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Feb 13, 2009
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 13, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 446: A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-446/
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