Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2008
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 22, 2007
- Committee actionMar 6, 2008
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 13, 2008 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 618.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 352.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 352, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2008” on March 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 6, 2008</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19564
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 352, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/352
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c54b4dbf8c08f4be6be88945244da1b6ffc1389a2a1708e85c98ea31c1830cc2
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 352, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2008” on March 18, 2008. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on March 6, 2008”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 18, 2008 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/19564
- CBO publication date
- March 18, 2008
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 352, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/352
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c54b4dbf8c08f4be6be88945244da1b6ffc1389a2a1708e85c98ea31c1830cc2
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of August 10, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 352, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
9 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats
4 of 9 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.
A. Allard (R-CO), John Cornyn (R-TX), Larry Craig (R-ID), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Arlen Specter (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 110th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley.
- S. 655 (110th) American National Red Cross Governance Modernization Act of 2007
- S.Res. 405 (110th) A resolution recognizing the life and contributions of Henry John Hyde.
- S.Res. 145 (110th) A resolution congratulating Zach Johnson on his victory in the 2007 Masters golf tournament.
- S. 3038 (110th) Improved Adoption Incentives and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008
- S. 221 (110th) Fair Contracts for Growers Act of 2007
- S. 789 (110th) Government Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2008
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.