Official Summaries

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 before the Court.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1146 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 445
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1146

         To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.


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                   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

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                                 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

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                                 A BILL

         To permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.

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                             June 23, 2026

                       Reported without amendment