Go Pack Go Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Wied
Introduced
Summary
Creates an optional county-level pathway for TV subscribers in 13 Wisconsin counties to receive an in‑state, adjacent‑market network station instead of or alongside their usual local network station. It adds a new section to the Communications Act and tweaks copyright rules so cable and satellite carriers can offer that choice while keeping local carriage obligations intact.
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- Households in the covered counties can elect an in‑State, adjacent‑market network signal for any network or keep the local signal, giving viewers more choice across 13 Wisconsin counties.
- Cable operators must offer the election and may retransmit the in‑State adjacent‑market signal without retransmission consent under section 325(b). Those retransmissions are treated as "significantly viewed" in the covered county.
- Satellite carriers must provide the option only to the extent technically feasible and the bill makes in‑State retransmissions exempt from certain satellite carriage counting limits and qualification effects. Title 17 copyright rules and counting mechanics are adjusted to license and count these retransmissions for the enumerated counties.
*The text does not include new federal budgetary or programmatic authority.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Choose in-state TV stations in 13 Wisconsin counties
If enacted, you who live in certain Wisconsin counties could choose how you get network TV. Counties: Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Dunn, Florence, Iron, Pierce, Polk, Sawyer, St. Croix, Washburn. You could choose your local station, an in-state adjacent station, or both. For satellite TV, this would apply only if the FCC finds it technically feasible. These counties qualify because they lack an in-state network station in the local TV market.
Easier for providers to carry in-state stations
If enacted, this would make it easier for your TV provider to honor your election. If you choose only the in-state adjacent station, that would count as meeting their local-station duty. Cable companies would not need retransmission consent for that adjacent station in your county. That station would be treated as significantly viewed in your county. Satellite carriers would keep qualified status, and these adjacent feeds would not count against legal limits. Copyright rules would allow this adjacent feed when you elect it.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Wied
WI • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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