MD HB254 | 2017 | Regular Session

Maryland House Bill 254 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-08 - Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Health and Government Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Requiring places of public accommodation to keep closed captioning activated on specified television receivers under specified circumstances regardless of whether the closed captioning was requested.

Title

State Government - Closed Captioning Activation Required Without Request

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-08	House	Hearing 2/08 at 1:00 p.m.
2017-01-23	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

Subjects

Civil Rights Commission
Community Facilities and Services
Deaf Persons
Hotels and Motels
Human Relations
State Government - Agencies, Offices, and Officials
Telecommunications and Information Technology
Television

Maryland State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0254?ys=2017rs
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/bills/hb/hb0254f.pdf
Supplement	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2017RS/fnotes/bil_0004/hb0254.pdf