Budget Amendment ID: FY2026-S3-804

OTH 804

Shielding Consumers from Increased Cable Television Taxation

Mr. Montigny moved that the proposed new text be amended by adding the following sections:-

"SECTION X.  Section 6 of chapter 64H is hereby amended by striking the words “or television transmission” in each instance.

SECTION XX.  Said section 6 of chapter 64H is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following subsection:-

(yy) Rental or sales of devices used directly for the operation of commercial television transmission, including but not limited to cable television conversion boxes that (i) receive programming or information from the cable provider, (ii) implement parental controls, (iii) schedule, record, locally store and play back recorded content for later viewing, (iv) access or run software applications such as web-based content streaming services, games, productivity tools, or other non-television applications, or (v) transmit recorded content to a smartphone or tablet or access recorded content from another digital video recorder.".