119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Mar 26, 2025
Cameras in the Courtroom Act
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Latest action (Jun 23, 2026): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 445.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Mar 26, 2025)
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 before the Court.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 445.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1874)
Introduced in Senate
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Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies · Due process and equal protection · Judicial procedure and administration · Supreme Court · Television and film
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…MAN TRAFFICKING ADVOCACY: Corresponded with Sen. John Cornyns office on the reintroduction of the Find and Protect Foster Youth Act, offering support and help (S.1146).
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