File Code: Commercial Law - Consumer Protection
- Sponsored By:
-
Senator Madden
- Entitled:
-
Video Caption Access Act
Prohibiting a person, after October 1, 1997, from distributing,
selling, or renting or attempting to distribute, sell, or rent in this
State videos that have been given an official rating by the Motion
Picture Association of America unless the videos are open- or
closed-captioned for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals; providing a
penalty for a violation of the Act; and defining "video".
Senate Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Finance
- 2/6
- Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- 2/22
- Hearing cancelled
- 2/23
- Withdrawn
House Action
- No Action
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- DEAF PERSONS
- DISABILITIES -see also- BLIND PERSONS, DEAF PERSONS
- PENALTIES
- VIDEO
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Commercial Law
- (
14-1601 ,
14-1602.2 ,
14-1603
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Not available at this time
Amendments:
None available
