H.R. 3572: Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011
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H.R. 3572: Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-12-06 · Law · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-12-06 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011
Plain summary
The Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011 - 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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Official text
Cameras in the Courtroom Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] · 23 cosponsors
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Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), John B. Larson (D-CT), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), John Garamendi (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), William R. Keating (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr3572.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr3572 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112