Senate bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2021
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 18, 2021
- Committee actionJun 24, 2021
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 24, 2021 — Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 818.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 818, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2021” on February 17, 2022. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on June 24, 2021”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 17, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57859
- CBO publication date
- February 17, 2022
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 818, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/s/818
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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. 818, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 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
6 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 5 Democrats
5 of 6 cosponsors (83%) are from the other party.
Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Cornyn (R-TX), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Edward Markey (D-MA).
More from the sponsor
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Related bills
- S. 1133 (119th) Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2025Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.