A bill to allow media coverage of court proceedings.
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Just introduced
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Mar 25, 1999)
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.
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 his or her 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.
What just happenedSep 6, 2000
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Hearings held.
Who’s behind it
- Sep 6, 2000Committee
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Hearings held.
Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee - Mar 25, 1999IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Mar 25, 1999IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3448-3449)
- Mar 25, 1999IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate