A 5870 — Relates to agreements between multichannel video programming distributors and video programmers
Congress · introduced 2025-02-24
Enacts the "television subscriber choice act" to enhance consumer choice and ensure that multichannel video programming distributors have the flexibility to offer programming packages that best meet the needs and preferences of their subscribers; requires that a video programmer shall offer each channel for license to a multichannel video programming distributor without requiring channel bundling requirements as a condition of carriage of such channel; makes it unlawful for a video programmer to demand unreasonable fees or other financial obligations for channel carriage; defines terms; makes related provisions.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_ASSEMBLY_COMM
Sponsors
- Michaelle C. Solages (—, NY-22) — sponsor · 2025-02-24
- Nader Sayegh (—, NY-90) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- George Alvarez (—, NY-78) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Michael Benedetto (—, NY-82) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Jo Anne Simon (—, NY-52) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
- Michael Durso (—, NY-9) — cosponsor · 2025-02-24
Action timeline
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Inbound (6)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-24 | Jo Anne Simon | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-24 | Michael Durso | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-24 | Nader Sayegh | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-24 | George Alvarez | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-24 | Michaelle C. Solages | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-02-24 | Michael Benedetto | 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 | Michaelle C. Solages (—, state_lower NY-22) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | George Alvarez (—, state_lower NY-78) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jo Anne Simon (—, state_lower NY-52) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Michael Benedetto (—, state_lower NY-82) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Michael Durso (—, state_lower NY-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Nader Sayegh (—, state_lower NY-90) | 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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- 2025-02-24 · cosponsored by George Alvarez (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-24 · cosponsored by Michael Durso (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-24 · cosponsored by Jo Anne Simon (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-24 · sponsored by Michaelle C. Solages (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-24 · cosponsored by Nader Sayegh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-02-24 · cosponsored by Michael Benedetto (cosponsor) · sponsorship