Urges Comcast and YES Network to renew their carriage agreement before its expiration in March 2025.
This New Jersey Assembly Resolution (AR 185) urges Comcast and the YES Network to renew their broadcast agreement before it expires on March 25, 2025. It directly affects hundreds of thousands of Comcast customers in New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania who watch New York Yankees and Brooklyn Nets games. The resolution highlights past disruptions (like the 2016 blackout) and recommends Comcast reimburse customers for broadcast interruptions while encouraging both parties to negotiate terms that avoid rate increases for Yankees fans.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
General Assembly Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 24, 2025
Last action Mar 24, 2025
Floor votes · General Assembly Mar 24, 2025
How they voted
65–3
Passed · 12 other
Total votes 80
Mar 24, 2025
D
Democratic52
96% Yea
R
Republican28
53% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Mar 24, 2025
Introduced
Filed with Secretary of State
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (65-3-6)
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Craig Coughlin
DDemocratic
P
Margie Donlon
DDemocratic
P
Sterley Stanley
DDemocratic
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