3.0.0 405 2019-11-15T21:55:32Z 2019-11-15T21:55:32Z Senate S S 2013-02-28 113 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-02-28T17:53:54Z Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013 113 917 HR 2014-12-03 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2013-02-28 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1014-1015) IntroReferral 2013-02-28 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1014) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2013-02-28 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. 2013-02-28 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2013-02-28 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2013-02-28 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2013-02-28 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2013-02-28 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2013-02-28 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2013-11-19 False Law Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Evidence and witnesses Federal appellate courts Federal district courts Judicial procedure and administration Photography and imaging Sound recording Supreme Court Television and film Law 00 2013-02-28 Introduced in Senate 2013-03-18T19:13:54Z Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013 - 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. Allows a presiding judge to obscure the face and voice of an individual if good cause is shown that photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising such features would threaten the individual's safety, the court's security, the integrity of future or ongoing law enforcement operations, or the interest of justice.

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

Terminates a district court's authority under this Act three years after enactment of 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 any audio pickup or broadcast of conferences which occur in a court proceeding between attorneys and their clients, co-counsel of a client, adverse counsel, or counsel and the presiding judge, if the conferences are not part of the official record of the proceedings.

]]> Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013 Display Title Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings. Introduced in Senate 2013-02-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s405is/xml/BILLS-113s405is.xml 2013-02-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1014-1015) 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.