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S. 807 117th Congress Senate

Cameras in the Courtroom Act

Official title: A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

Introduced: March 17, 2021 Introduced by: Richard J. Durbin Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Law Broadcasting, cable, digital technologiesDue process and equal protectionJudicial procedure and administrationSupreme CourtTelevision and film
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 24, 2021
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Mar 17, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1617)
Mar 17, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 24, 2021

Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 2055 Transparency in Government Act of 2021
  • HR 4257 Cameras in the Courtroom Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Mar 17, 2021
 R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Mar 17, 2021
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Mar 17, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 807: Cameras in the Courtroom Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-807/
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"S. 807: Cameras in the Courtroom Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-807/.
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S. 807, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-807/.
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