United States · Bill · S
S. 446 (111th)
A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
Introduced
13 February 2009
Last action
8 June 2010 · Reported
Status
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 420.
Sponsors
Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
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
13 February 2009
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
13 February 2009
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2332-2336)
Source: IntroReferral
13 February 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
29 April 2010
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Source: Committee
8 June 2010
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 420.
Source: Calendars
8 June 2010
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report.
Source: Committee
8 June 2010
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 · 8 June 2010 · Download file
- Introduced in Senate · 13 February 2009 · Download file
Documents
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Reported to Senate (text)
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Reported to Senate (PDF)
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Sponsors
- Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/446
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/446
- us · 111-s-446 · source updated 10 August 2026