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S 9888Requires certain motion picture theaters to provide scheduled showings of motion pictures with open motion picture captioning

Congress · introduced 2026-04-13

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_SENATE_COMM

Sponsors

Action timeline

  1. · senate REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
  2. · senate REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
  3. · senate AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
  4. · senate PRINT NUMBER 9888A

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Inbound (9)

datefromtypeamountrolesource
2026-04-13Liz Kruegercosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-13Nathalia Fernandezsponsor_of_billsponsorsponsorship
2026-04-13Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.cosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-13Robert Jacksoncosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-13Zellnor Myriecosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-13Luis R. Sepúlvedacosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-13Julia Salazarcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-13Roxanne J. Persaudcosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship
2026-04-13Jeremy Cooneycosponsor_of_billcosponsorsponsorship

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.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Nathalia Fernandez (, state_upper NY-34)sponsor05
2Jeremy Cooney (, state_upper NY-56)cosponsor01
3Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (, state_upper NY-15)cosponsor01
4Julia Salazar (, state_upper NY-18)cosponsor01
5Liz Krueger (, state_upper NY-28)cosponsor01
6Luis R. Sepúlveda (, state_upper NY-32)cosponsor01
7Robert Jackson (, state_upper NY-31)cosponsor01
8Roxanne J. Persaud (, state_upper NY-19)cosponsor01
9Zellnor Myrie (, state_upper NY-20)cosponsor01

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

Every typed-graph event involving this entity, newest first. Each row is one edge in the influence graph; click the date to jump to its provenance.

  1. 2026-04-13 · cosponsored by Jeremy Cooney (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  2. 2026-04-13 · sponsored by Nathalia Fernandez (sponsor) · sponsorship
  3. 2026-04-13 · cosponsored by Robert Jackson (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  4. 2026-04-13 · cosponsored by Roxanne J. Persaud (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  5. 2026-04-13 · cosponsored by Luis R. Sepúlveda (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  6. 2026-04-13 · cosponsored by Zellnor Myrie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  7. 2026-04-13 · cosponsored by Julia Salazar (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  8. 2026-04-13 · cosponsored by Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
  9. 2026-04-13 · cosponsored by Liz Krueger (cosponsor) · sponsorship

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