Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1133 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1133 To provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 26, 2025 Mr. Grassley (for himself, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Markey, and Mr. Cornyn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FEDERAL APPELLATE AND DISTRICT COURTS. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Presiding judge.--The term ``presiding judge'' means the judge presiding over the court proceeding concerned. In proceedings in which more than one judge participates, the presiding judge shall be the chief judge or justice…