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In-State TV Network Access for Some Wisconsin Cable and Satellite Customers

Also known as: Go Pack Go Act of 2025

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Key Points

  • Lets cable and satellite customers in certain Wisconsin counties choose an in-state network station from a nearby TV market.
  • If a customer chooses the in-state nearby station instead of the usual local station, the provider can treat that choice as meeting its local-station duty.
  • For cable companies, the bill eases some permission rules for carrying these in-state nearby stations for covered-county customers.
  • For satellite companies, the added in-state nearby stations generally don’t count against certain limits, but satellite only has to offer them when it’s technically feasible.
  • Applies only to 13 named Wisconsin counties that currently may not have an in-state local network station in their TV market.
TelecommunicationsConsumer Protection

Milestones

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Sep 4, 2025House

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Sep 4, 2025

Introduced in House

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Go Pack Go Act of 2025

Bill NumberHR 5165
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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