Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2021

United States117th CongressS-818Senate
Updated: Jun 24, 2021

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

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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  2. Introduced in Senate

  3. Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

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