S 649
115th Congress
Senate
Law
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Due process and equal protection
Supreme Court
Television and film
Cameras in the Courtroom Act
Introduced: March 15, 2017
Introduced by:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 15, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1846)
Mar 15, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1846)
Committees of jurisdiction
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