Bills › 88th General Assembly
Relating to closed captioning in places of public accommodation, and making penalties applicable
Topics:State government
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2020
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill requires all public accommodations that provide television programming and online broadcasts for viewing by members of the public to enable closed captioning on devices viewable by the public during business hours unless a member of the public asks that closed captioning be disabled on a specific device, in which case closed captioning shall be enabled again when the member of the public who made the request discontinues viewing or leaves the public accommodation. By operation of law, a person who violates a provision of the bill is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days at a time of at least $65 but not more than $625 or by both.
House subcommittee
Named February 18, 2020. Meeting: Wednesday, February 19 · 8:15 AM · House Lounge.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part