A 4628 — Requires certain motion picture theaters to provide scheduled showings of motion pictures with open motion picture captioning
Congress · introduced 2025-02-04
Requires a motion picture theater that offers more than ten motion picture showings per week to provide scheduled showings of motion pictures with open motion picture captioning such that at least one quarter of all showings of a motion picture with four or more showings during a one-week time period shall have open motion picture captioning; provides exceptions and penalties for violations.
Latest action: 2026-05-13 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Rebecca Seawright (—, NY-76) — sponsor · 2025-02-04
- Linda Rosenthal (—, NY-67) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Carrie Woerner (—, NY-113) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Tony Simone (—, NY-75) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Karines Reyes (—, NY-87) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- George Alvarez (—, NY-78) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- MaryJane Shimsky (—, NY-92) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Emily Gallagher (—, NY-50) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Tommy Schiavoni (—, NY-1) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Stefani Zinerman (—, NY-56) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Phara Souffrant Forrest (—, NY-57) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Andrew Hevesi (—, NY-28) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Yudelka Tapia (—, NY-86) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Donna Lupardo (—, NY-123) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Jo Anne Simon (—, NY-52) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Dana Levenberg (—, NY-95) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Karen McMahon (—, NY-146) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Steven Raga (—, NY-30) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Larinda Hooks (—, NY-35) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
Action timeline
- · assembly — REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
- · assembly — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
- · assembly — PRINT NUMBER 4628A
- · assembly — REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES
- · assembly — REFERRED TO CODES
- · assembly — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES
- · assembly — PRINT NUMBER 4628B
Text versions
- Introduced · 2025-02-04 — HTML · Text
- Amendment A · 2025-05-02 — HTML · Text
- Amendment B · 2026-05-13 — HTML · Text
Connected on the graph
Inbound (19)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-04 | Donna Lupardo | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Tommy Schiavoni | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Linda Rosenthal | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Jo Anne Simon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Dana Levenberg | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Tony Simone | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Yudelka Tapia | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | MaryJane Shimsky | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Phara Souffrant Forrest | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Carrie Woerner | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Emily Gallagher | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Larinda Hooks | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Karines Reyes | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Karen McMahon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | George Alvarez | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Andrew Hevesi | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Rebecca Seawright | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Stefani Zinerman | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-04 | Steven Raga | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rebecca Seawright (—, state_lower NY-76) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Andrew Hevesi (—, state_lower NY-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Carrie Woerner (—, state_lower NY-113) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Dana Levenberg (—, state_lower NY-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Donna Lupardo (—, state_lower NY-123) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Emily Gallagher (—, state_lower NY-50) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | George Alvarez (—, state_lower NY-78) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Jo Anne Simon (—, state_lower NY-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Karen McMahon (—, state_lower NY-146) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Karines Reyes (—, state_lower NY-87) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Larinda Hooks (—, state_lower NY-35) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Linda Rosenthal (—, state_lower NY-67) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | MaryJane Shimsky (—, state_lower NY-92) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Phara Souffrant Forrest (—, state_lower NY-57) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Stefani Zinerman (—, state_lower NY-56) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Steven Raga (—, state_lower NY-30) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Tommy Schiavoni (—, state_lower NY-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Tony Simone (—, state_lower NY-75) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Yudelka Tapia (—, state_lower NY-86) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-02-04 · sponsored by Rebecca Seawright (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Carrie Woerner (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Larinda Hooks (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Yudelka Tapia (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Jo Anne Simon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Tommy Schiavoni (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Linda Rosenthal (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by George Alvarez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Dana Levenberg (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Stefani Zinerman (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by MaryJane Shimsky (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Donna Lupardo (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Emily Gallagher (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Phara Souffrant Forrest (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Tony Simone (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Karines Reyes (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Steven Raga (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Karen McMahon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-04 · cosponsored by Andrew Hevesi (cosponsor) · sponsorship