S. 1133 119th Congress Senate

Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings.

Introduced: March 26, 2025 Introduced by: Chuck Grassley Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov

Law Broadcasting, cable, digital technologiesEvidence and witnessesFederal appellate courtsFederal district courts

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Judicial procedure and administrationPhotography and imagingSound recordingSupreme CourtTelevision and film

Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps

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Passed Senate

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Became law

Jun 23, 2026

Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.

Jun 23, 2026

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 444.

Jun 18, 2026

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

Mar 26, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mar 26, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 444.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2025

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.

Hearings & markups 1

Business meeting to consider S.1133, to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings, S.1146, to permit the …
Open Business Meeting Jun 18, 2026 · 9:00 AM EDT · Judiciary Committee

Related & companion bills 2

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 5

Blumenthal, Richard

Connecticut · Mar 26, 2025

Cornyn, John

Texas · Mar 26, 2025

Durbin, Richard J.

Illinois · Mar 26, 2025

Klobuchar, Amy

Minnesota · Mar 26, 2025

Markey, Edward J.

Massachusetts · Mar 26, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1133: Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1133/

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"S. 1133: Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1133/.

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S. 1133, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1133/.

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