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Go Pack Go Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-2454| Senate 
| Updated: 9/10/2019
Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Baldwin

Democratic Senator

Wisconsin

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Go Pack Go Act of 201 9 This bill requires a cable operator or satellite carrier to provide their subscribers in specified Wisconsin counties (i.e., Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Dunn, Florence, Iron, Pierce, Polk, Sawyer, St. Croix, or Washburn) the choice of retransmission of (1) the signal of any local network station that the operator or carrier is required to retransmit to the subscriber; (2) an in-state, adjacent-market network station; or (3) both. This will allow residents of such Wisconsin counties currently assigned to an out-of-state Minnesota television market to access programming in Wisconsin.
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Timeline
Sep 10, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Sep 10, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • September 10, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 10, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Science, Technology, Communications

Administrative remediesBroadcasting, cable, digital technologiesConsumer affairsWisconsin

Go Pack Go Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-2454| Senate 
| Updated: 9/10/2019
Go Pack Go Act of 201 9 This bill requires a cable operator or satellite carrier to provide their subscribers in specified Wisconsin counties (i.e., Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Dunn, Florence, Iron, Pierce, Polk, Sawyer, St. Croix, or Washburn) the choice of retransmission of (1) the signal of any local network station that the operator or carrier is required to retransmit to the subscriber; (2) an in-state, adjacent-market network station; or (3) both. This will allow residents of such Wisconsin counties currently assigned to an out-of-state Minnesota television market to access programming in Wisconsin.
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Timeline
Sep 10, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Sep 10, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  • September 10, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 10, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Baldwin

Democratic Senator

Wisconsin

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

Science, Technology, Communications

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative remediesBroadcasting, cable, digital technologiesConsumer affairsWisconsin