3.0.0 352 2023-01-11T20:05:04Z 2023-01-11T20:05:04Z Senate S S 2007-01-22 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2008-03-13T17:34:33Z Markup by 2008-03-06T18:43:17Z Hearings by 2007-02-14T20:35:16Z Referred to 2007-01-22T21:43:23Z Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007 110 2128 HR 2007-10-24 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 11. Identical bill CRS 2008-03-13 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618. Calendars 2008-03-13 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with amendments. Without written report. Committee 2008-03-13 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy with amendments. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2008-03-06 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably. Committee 2007-02-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Committee 2007-01-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S837) IntroReferral 2007-01-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S837) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2007-01-22 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2007-01-22 True S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2007-01-22 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2007-01-22 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-01-22 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2007-01-22 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-01-22 True C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2007-01-22 True A000109 Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] A. ALLARD R CO WAYNE 2007-01-22 True 2008-03-18T04:00:00Z S. 352, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2008 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/19564 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 6, 2008</p> 2008-03-18T04:00:00Z S. 352, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2008 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19564 Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 6, 2008 Law Administration of justice Appellate courts Arts, Culture, Religion Civil procedure Court reporting Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal procedure District courts Due process of law Government Operations and Politics Judges Juries Photography Radio broadcasting Science, Technology, Communications Sound recording and reproducing Supreme Court Television broadcasting Video tape recording Witnesses Law 00 2007-01-22 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-08T20:05:56Z Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2007 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate 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 to the broadcast audience of the trial proceeding; 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 of the United States to promulgate advisory guidelines to which a presiding judge may refer in making decisions regarding the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act.

]]> 01 2008-03-13 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2008-04-15T19:29:57Z Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2008 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate 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 to the broadcast audience of the trial proceeding; 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.

Prohibits the presiding judge from permitting the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising of any juror in a trial proceeding, or of the jury selection process.

Gives the presiding judge the discretion to obscure the face and voice of an individual under certain conditions if good cause can be shown that the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising of the individual would threaten the individual's safety.

Prohibits any interlocutory appeal of the decision of the presiding judge of whether or not to permit, deny, or terminate the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising of a court proceeding.

Directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate advisory guidelines to which a presiding judge is required to refer in making decisions regarding the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act.

Prohibits any audio pickup or broadcast of conferences in a court proceeding between attorneys and their clients, between co-counsel of a client, between adverse counsel, or between counsel and the presiding judge, if the conferences are not part of the official record of the proceedings.

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