S1146Reported by Committee
Cameras in the Courtroom Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-03-26
Introduced
4
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Richard J. Durbin
Democrat · IL · Senator
Votes with party: 80.4% (866 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/D000563
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (4)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 445.
2026-06-23
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryReported By · 2026-06-23
Previously
- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryMarkup By · 2026-06-18
- Senate Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-03-26
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 before the Court.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Law
Full Bill Text
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1146 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1146 To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 26, 2025 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Cameras in the Courtroom Act''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 28. (a) In General.--Chapter 45 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following: ``Sec. 678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings ``The Supreme Court shall permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the Court decides, by a vote of the majority of justices, that allowing such coverage in a particular case would constitute a violation of the due process rights of 1 or more of the parties before the Court.''. (b) Clerical Amendment.--The chapter analysis for chapter 45 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following: ``678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings.''. <all>
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