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HR 94 114th Congress House Law Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Due process and equal protection Supreme Court Television and film

Cameras in the Courtroom Act

Introduced: January 6, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 2, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Jan 6, 2015
Introduced in House
Jan 6, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cameras in the Courtroom Act

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 February 2, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1381 Related bill Transparency in Government Act of 2015
  • S 780 Identical bill Cameras in the Courtroom Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 21, 2015
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 23, 2015
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Feb 3, 2015
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jan 26, 2015
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jan 6, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 94: Cameras in the Courtroom Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-94/
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"H.R. 94: Cameras in the Courtroom Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-94/.
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H.R. 94, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-94/.
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