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NY A 6968

in committee

Provides for local professional sports broadcasts at no cost

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 6968 pass?

Not yet. NY A 6968 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

What is NY A 6968 about?

Requires every entity responsible for the broadcast rights of a sports team which is part of a national or international professional sports league to ensure that every publicly broadcast game played by such sports team which is played in a facility that is benefitting or has benefitted from state funds, tax subsidies, eminent domain, or another valuable benefit that was made at a cost to the state, shall be made available to view at no cost within the county such facility is situated in and its adjoining counties.

Who sponsors NY A 6968?

Clyde Vanel is the primary sponsor of NY A 6968, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires every entity responsible for the broadcast rights of a sports team which is part of a national or international professional sports league to ensure that every publicly broadcast game played by such sports team which is played in a facility that is benefitting or has benefitted from state funds, tax subsidies, eminent domain, or another valuable benefit that was made at a cost to the state, shall be made available to view at no cost within the county such facility is situated in and its adjoining counties.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Clyde Vanelprimary
  • Jonathan Jacobsoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-18

    REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A6968?summary=&detail=

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