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H.R.464

H.R.464: Cameras in the Courtroom Act

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Introduced Jan. 12, 2017
Latest Major Action Feb. 6, 2017
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Bill Sponsor

Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

Bill Cosponsors

11 (10 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Ted Poe (R-Texas)
Kathy Castor (D-Fla.)
David Cicilline (D-R.I.)
Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
Stephen F. Lynch (D-Mass.)
Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)
John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)
Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)
Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)

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Introduced in House - Jan. 12, 2017

Bill Summary

Cameras in the Courtroom Act This bill requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved.

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Date	Description
Feb. 6, 2017	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Jan. 12, 2017	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan. 12, 2017	Introduced in the House by Gerald E. Connolly (D-Va.)

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