Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2011
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 17, 2011
- Committee actionApr 7, 2011
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 6, 2011 — Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Hearings held.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 410.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 410, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2011” on April 26, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 7, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 26, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22113
- CBO publication date
- April 26, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 410, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/410
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 410, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 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
7 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 5 Democrats
5 of 7 cosponsors (71%) are from the other party.
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Charles Schumer (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley.
- S. 300 (112th) Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012
- S.Res. 292 (112th) A resolution designating the week beginning October 16, 2011, as "National Character Counts Week".
- S.Res. 569 (112th) A resolution designating the week beginning October 21, 2012, as "National Character Counts Week".
- S. 605 (112th) David Mitchell Rozga Act
- S. 2276 (112th) Officer Safety Act of 2012
- S. 1181 (112th) National Future Farmers of America Commemorative Coin Act of 2011
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.