Bill Title: Joint Resolution Creating A Special Joint Commission To Study Captioning And Audio Descriptions For Persons Who Are Hearing Or Visually Impaired In Rhode Island Commercial And Residential Settings (would Require Movie Theaters With Ten Or More Screens To Provide Captioning On At Least One Screen For Persons Who Are Deaf Or Hard Of Hearing, And Provide Audio Descriptions For Persons Who Are Blind Or Visually Impaired)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-17 - Signed by Governor [H5818 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Arthur Handy [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-018	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Eileen Naughton [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robert Jacquard [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Anastasia Williams [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-009	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joseph McNamara [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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