Legislation

Title: Human Relations - Public Accommodations - Captioning in Movie Theaters (Open Captioning Equality Act of 2020)
Sponsored by: Delegate Cox
Status: In the House - Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Requiring a certain place of public accommodation that owns, leases, operates, or controls a movie theater to provide access to certain closed-captioning technology for the general public for certain motion pictures under certain circumstances; requiring a certain place of public accommodation that owns, leases, operates, or controls a movie theater in two or more locations in the State to provide open captioning during at least two showings per week of certain motion pictures under certain circumstances; and defining certain terms.

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Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2020

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/07/2020 Legislative Date 2/07/2020 Action First Reading Economic Matters Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Human Relations - Public Accommodations - Captioning in Movie Theaters (Open Captioning Equality Act of 2020) Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 2/11/2020 Legislative Date 2/11/2020 Action Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	2/07/2020	2/07/2020	First Reading Economic Matters
			Text - First - Human Relations - Public Accommodations - Captioning in Movie Theaters (Open Captioning Equality Act of 2020)
House	2/11/2020	2/11/2020	Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.

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