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91st General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

SF 2271: Relating to captioning requirements for motion picture theaters

Died when the session ended · The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to captioning requirements for motion picture theaters. The bill requires a motion picture theater to provide access to fully operational and well-maintained closed captioning technology for each screening of a motion picture that is produced and available with closed captioning. The bill establishes open captioning requirements for motion pictures that are produced with open captioning and distributed to motion picture theaters. The bill requires large motion picture theater companies operating five or more motion picture theaters in the state to provide a minimum number of open captioning screenings at each theater with at least five scheduled screenings of the motion picture, provided the theater has digital projection systems that support open captioning files.

Sponsors

Sen. Molly Donahue (D), Sen. Sandy Salmon (R), Sen. Art Staed (D)

Cost

No fiscal note

Senate subcommittee · named February 12, 2026

  • Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Jason Schultz (R) · jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov
  • Sen. Thomas Townsend (D) · thomas.townsend@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

  1. February 11, 2026Filed in the Senate and sent to the State Government committee
  2. February 12, 2026Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, Schultz and Townsend

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/SF2271