United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2802 (112th)
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2011
Introduced
5 August 2011
Last action
25 August 2011 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Sponsors
Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1], Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2011 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court (including the Supreme Court) or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides, except when such action would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party. Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable to the broadcast audience of the trial proceeding; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of the right to make such request. Authorizes the Judicial Conference to promulgate mandatory guidelines with respect to the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act.
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Timeline
5 August 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
5 August 2011
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
5 August 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 August 2011
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 5 August 2011 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] · D · Sponsor
- · hsju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2012
- related to ← Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2011
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2802
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/2802
- us · 112-hr-2802 · source updated 5 December 2025