House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stop Sports Blackouts Act of 2025
Official title: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations with respect to rebates for certain video programming blackouts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Patrick Ryan D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 31, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 31, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 888.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. RYAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 21, January 31, 2025, Page H434):Article 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 888, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/888
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
7 cosponsors — 7 Democrats
0 of 7 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
André Carson (D-IN), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Seth Magaziner (D-RI), LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), Eleanor Norton (D-DC).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Patrick Ryan.
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- H.R. 10457 (119th) Honoring the Sacrifice of Troops in War Act of 2026
- H.R. 887 (119th) Lower Grocery Prices Act
- H.R. 3734 (119th) Stop MUSK Act
Related bills
- S. 328 (119th) Stop Sports Blackouts ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.