Stop Sports Blackouts Act of 2025
Introduced Jan 31, 2025 by Rep. Patrick Ryan
It's waiting on a committee vote to reach the full chamber. Most bills never leave this stage.
This bill requires cable and satellite broadcast providers to issue rebates to customers who are denied access to video programming included in their subscription because of programming negotiations.
Specifically, where a provider’s negotiations related to the retransmission or carriage of video programming result in the provider failing to offer access to programming included in a customer’s subscription, the customer must be issued a rebate for the affected period. The Federal Communications Commission is directed to issue rules to this effect, including to establish the appropriate amount for such a rebate.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
No floor votes yet — it hasn't reached the floor of either chamber.