3.0.0 657 2023-01-11T13:19:42Z 2023-01-11T13:19:42Z Senate S S 2009-03-19 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2010-04-29T22:18:28Z Markup by 2010-04-29T16:35:10Z Referred to 2009-03-19T21:17:18Z Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009 111 3054 HR 2009-07-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. Related bill CRS 2010-04-29 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 361. Calendars 2010-04-29 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report. Committee 2010-04-29 Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2010-04-29 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2009-03-19 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2009-03-19 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. 2009-03-19 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2009-03-19 True S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2009-03-19 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2009-03-19 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2009-03-19 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2009-03-19 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2009-03-19 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2009-09-09 False K000373 Sen. Kaufman, Edward E. [D-DE] Edward Kaufman D DE E. 2010-04-29 False 2010-05-12T04:00:00Z S. 657, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/21469 <p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 29, 2010</p> 2010-05-12T04:00:00Z S. 657, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21469 Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 29, 2010 Law Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Evidence and witnesses Judicial procedure and administration Photography and imaging Sound recording Television and film Law 00 2009-03-19 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-27T18:13:07Z 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 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.

Requires the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate mandatory guidelines which a presiding judge must follow for obscuring certain vulnerable witnesses.

Prohibits broadcast of conferences between attorneys and clients.

]]> 80 2010-04-29 Reported to Senate without amendment 2010-05-05T21:22:43Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

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 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.

Requires the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate mandatory guidelines which a presiding judge must follow for obscuring certain vulnerable witnesses.

Prohibits broadcast of conferences between attorneys and clients.

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