S 770
116th Congress
Senate
Law
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Evidence and witnesses
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Judicial procedure and administration
Photography and imaging
Sound recording
Supreme Court
Television and film
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 13, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 13, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2019
This bill establishes a framework to allow federal court proceedings—in district courts, in circuit courts, and at the Supreme Court—to be photographed, recorded, broadcast, or televised.
Specifically, it authorizes the presiding judge to permit media coverage of court proceedings, subject to requirements and limitations.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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