Senate bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Where it went
- IntroducedMar 19, 2009
- Committee actionApr 29, 2010
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 29, 2010 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 361.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 657.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 657, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009” on May 12, 2010. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 29, 2010</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21469
- CBO publication date
- May 12, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 657, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/657
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
83509f945ddc0188ad4d2b1f66a74c396895e80c93e02a56982e28d2691c9b52
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 657, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2009” on May 12, 2010. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 29, 2010”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 12, 2010 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/21469
- CBO publication date
- May 12, 2010
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 657, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/657
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
83509f945ddc0188ad4d2b1f66a74c396895e80c93e02a56982e28d2691c9b52
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. 657, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 26, 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 — 2 Republicans, 7 Democrats
6 of 9 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Edward Kaufman (D-DE), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Arlen Specter (D-PA).
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley.
- S. 942 (111th) Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2009
- S. 1304 (111th) Automobile Dealer Economic Rights Restoration Act of 2009
- S. 1553 (111th) National Future Farmers of America Commemorative Coin Act of 2009
- S. 3231 (111th) GREEN Jobs Act of 2010
- S. 301 (111th) Physician Payments Sunshine Act of 2009
- S. 702 (111th) Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2009
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.