BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

HB 2838: Pro football blackouts

Prohibiting professional football blackouts.

Summary

$ Prohibits professional football teams that play in stadiums funded with public money and their affiliated league from denying the local live broadcast of games played in the stadium unless a certain percentage of tickets are left unsold.

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Did not pass Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate

AN ACT Relating to restrictions on local access to broadcasts of professional sports;

Passed February 14, 2002

Version voted on: HB 2838

95 Yea 3 Nay 0 Absent 0 Excused

Party	Yea	Nay	Absent	Excused
Democrat	50	0	0	0
Republican	45	3	0	0

How each member voted

Mar 14, 2002By resolution, returned to House Rules Committee for third reading.
Feb 16, 2002First reading, referred to Labor, Commerce & Financial Institutions.
Feb 14, 2002Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0.
Feb 14, 2002Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
Feb 11, 2002Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
Feb 8, 2002Made eligible to be placed on second reading.
Feb 7, 2002Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
Feb 5, 2002TTE - Executive action taken by committee.
Feb 5, 2002TTE - Majority; do pass.
Jan 30, 2002First reading, referred to Technology, Telecommunications & Energy.

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