3.0.0 3054 2023-01-11T13:18:44Z 2023-01-11T13:18:44Z House H HR 2009-06-25 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Referred to 2009-07-23T13:56:52Z Referred to 2009-06-25T14:01:43Z Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009 111 657 S 2010-04-29 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 361. Related bill CRS 2009-07-23 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. Committee 2009-06-25 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000210 Rep. Delahunt, Bill [D-MA-10] Bill Delahunt D MA 10 N L000517 Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3] DANIEL LUNGREN R CA EDWARD 3 2009-06-25 True C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2010-01-19 False P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2010-02-23 False L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2010-03-11 False D000610 Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-19] Theodore Deutch D FL E. 19 2010-08-10 False Law Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Evidence and witnesses Judicial procedure and administration Photography and imaging Sound recording Television and film Law 00 2009-06-25 Introduced in House 2009-09-25T21:31:43Z Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009 - 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 mandatory guidelines with respect to the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act.

]]> Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009 Display Title Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3054ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3054ih.xml 2009-07-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.