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Introduced
02/28/2013
02/28/2013
In Committee
04/08/2013
04/08/2013
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2015
01/03/2015
Introduced Session
113th Congress
Bill Summary
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court (including the Supreme Court) or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides, except when such action would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party. Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable for purposes of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising the witness; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of the right to make such request. Authorizes the Judicial Conference to promulgate mandatory guidelines with respect to the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act. Terminates a district court's authority under this Act three years after enactment of this Act.
AI Summary
This bill, the Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013, would allow judges in U.S. appellate courts, including the Supreme Court, and U.S. district courts to permit cameras and broadcasting of court proceedings, provided it doesn't violate anyone's due process rights. For witnesses who are not parties to a case, judges would be required to obscure their faces and voices if requested, and judges must inform witnesses of this right. The Judicial Conference, a body that oversees federal courts, would create guidelines for this media coverage, and the authority for district courts to allow this would expire three years after the bill becomes law.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (6)
Steve King (R)*,
Kerry Bentivolio (R),
Jason Chaffetz (R),
Theodore Deutch (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Stephen Lynch (D),
Last Action
Subcommittee Hearings Held. (on 12/03/2014)
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| Document Type | Source Location | Created |
|---|---|---|
| BillText | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr917ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr917ih.pdf | 03/06/2013 |
| Bill | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/917/all-info | 03/06/2013 |
| Bill | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr917ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr917ih.pdf.pdf | 03/02/2013 |
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