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Committee advances bill requiring movie theaters to provide open-caption screenings; small theaters get extra days to comply
Summary
The Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee voted to report out Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5,486, as amended to extend the response time for small theater operators and to name the measure the John Waldo Act.
The Civil Rights & Judiciary Committee on March 28 voted to report out Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5,486, as amended, a measure that requires motion picture captioning in theaters and adds the bill's citation name as the John Waldo Act.
The amendment adopted in committee, BR260, extends the deadline for theater companies with four or fewer locations to schedule an open-caption screening after a request from five days to eight days. The amendment was moved by Vice Chair Ferber and carried by the committee.
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