United States · Bill · S
S. 818 (117th)
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2021
Introduced
18 March 2021
Last action
24 June 2021 · Reported
Status
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Sponsors
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2021 This bill establishes a framework to allow federal court proceedings—in district courts, in circuit courts, and at the Supreme Court—to be photographed, recorded, broadcast, or televised. Specifically, it authorizes the presiding judge to permit media coverage of court proceedings, subject to requirements and limitations.
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Timeline
18 March 2021
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
18 March 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
24 June 2021
Reported
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 18 March 2021 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- · ssju00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2023
- related to ← Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2019
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/818
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/818
- us · 117-s-818 · source updated 10 August 2026