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Cameras in the Courtroom Act

S. 1146 To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

Introduced Mar 26, 2025

Latest action (Jun 23, 2026) Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 445.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Law
Issues
Criminal Justice
Legislative subjects (5)
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologiesDue process and equal protectionJudicial procedure and administrationSupreme CourtTelevision and film

Summary
  • Requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court.
  • Allows the Supreme Court to prohibit television coverage in a particular case only if a majority of justices votes that such coverage would violate the due process rights of one or more parties before the Court.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Richard J. Durbin’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • SIMMONS HANLY CONROY LLC $19,133
  • THE GORI LAW FIRM $18,300
  • CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES PC $17,750
  • POWER ROGERS & SMITH LLP $17,300
  • MAUNE RAICHLE HARTLEY FRENCH & MUDD $14,638

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Richard J. Durbin → · Outside spending →

Actions (5)
  1. Jun 23, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 445. · senate
  2. Jun 23, 2026 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report. · senate
  3. Jun 18, 2026 Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. · senate
  4. Mar 26, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1874) · senate
  5. Mar 26, 2025 Introduced in Senate

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 2361 — Cameras in the Courtroom Act (shares 5 subjects)
  • S 1133 — Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2025 (shares 4 subjects)
  • S 1945 — A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings. (shares 4 subjects)
  • S 410 — Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2011 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7006 — Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
  • S 2296 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 5311 — CABLE Expansion Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 5290 — Cable Transparency Act (shares 2 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 2361 — Cameras in the Courtroom Act · Introduced Mar 26, 2025 · Cong. 119 79%
  • S 1133 — Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 23, 2026 · Cong. 119 78%
  • S 28 — Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act · Introduced Apr 28, 2025 · Cong. 119 57%
  • S 410 — Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2011 · Introduced Dec 6, 2011 · Cong. 112 56%
  • S 3699 — FOCUS Act · Introduced Jan 27, 2026 · Cong. 119 56%
  • S 1945 — A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings. · Introduced Feb 13, 2012 · Cong. 112 55%

Text versions (2)
  • Reported to Senate · Jun 23, 2026
  • Introduced in Senate · Mar 26, 2025

Committee action

What happened to this bill in committee — the meetings where it was considered and every recorded vote taken on it.

Meetings where this bill was on the agenda

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 26, 2025

Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Klobuchar, and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

June 23, 2026

Reported by Mr. Grassley, without amendment

A BILL

To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Cameras in the Courtroom Act”.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 28.

(a) In General.—Chapter 45 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following: “Sec. 678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings “The Supreme Court shall permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the Court decides, by a vote of the majority of justices, that allowing such coverage in a particular case would constitute a violation of the due process rights of 1 or more of the parties before the Court.”.

(b) Clerical Amendment.—The chapter analysis for chapter 45 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following:

“678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings.”. Calendar No. 445

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 1146

A BILL

To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

June 23, 2026

Reported without amendment

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