United States · Bill · S
S. 1945 (112th)
A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
Introduced
5 December 2011
Last action
13 February 2012 · Reported
Status
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 319.
Sponsors
Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
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.
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Timeline
5 December 2011
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
5 December 2011
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8186)
Source: IntroReferral
6 December 2011
Committee
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-584.
Source: Committee
9 February 2012
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Source: Committee
13 February 2012
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 319.
Source: Calendars
13 February 2012
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
Source: Committee
13 February 2012
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Reported to Senate · 13 February 2012 · Download file
- Introduced in Senate · 5 December 2011 · Download file
Documents
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Reported to Senate (text)
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Reported to Senate (text)
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Reported to Senate (PDF)
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Sponsors
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1945
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1945
- us · 112-s-1945 · source updated 10 August 2026