S 807
117th Congress
Senate
Law
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Due process and equal protection
Judicial procedure and administration
Supreme Court
Television and film
Cameras in the Courtroom Act
Introduced: March 17, 2021
Introduced by:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
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
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
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