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Committee advances bill requiring ASL interpreters for official emergency broadcasts
Summary
The House Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee advanced HB1531 (HD1), which would require governors and county mayors to provide American Sign Language interpreters (visible in picture-in-picture) for live official emergency announcements; the committee adopted amendments on picture-in-picture presentation and an implementation date and advanced the measure out of committee with some members noting logistical reservations.
A Hawaii House committee on Thursday advanced legislation that would require the governor or a county mayor to include an American Sign Language interpreter in any live official emergency announcement broadcast on television or the internet.
Chair David Tarnas moved House Bill 1531 (HD1) to the top of the day’s agenda and recommended adoption of amendments requested by the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to ensure the interpreter appears in a sufficiently large picture-in-picture window and is not visually blocked. The committee voted to advance the bill with amendments and recorded several members…
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