United States · Bill · S
S. 649 (115th)
Cameras in the Courtroom Act
Introduced
15 March 2017
Last action
15 March 2017 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1846)
Sponsors
Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
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 involved.
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Timeline
15 March 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
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15 March 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1846)
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 15 March 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
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- related to ← Transparency in Government Act of 2017
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/649
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/649
- us · 115-s-649 · source updated 10 August 2026