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Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2025
A bill to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2025
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.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Jun 23, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 444.
- Jun 23, 2026 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley without amendment. Without written report.
- Jun 18, 2026 Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Mar 26, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Mar 26, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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