Bill Text: TX HB2753 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirement that a public video broadcast of an open meeting of a state governmental body include communication access realtime translation captioning.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-12 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2753 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2753-Introduced.html
| 86R10023 BEF-D | ||
| By: Neave | H.B. No. 2753 | |
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| relating to the requirement that a public video broadcast of an open | ||
| meeting of a state governmental body include communication access | ||
| realtime translation captioning. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 551, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 551.025 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 551.025. REALTIME CAPTIONING. A video broadcast, | ||
| including a video broadcast over the Internet, that is available to | ||
| the public of an open meeting of a governmental body described by | ||
| Section 551.001(3)(A) must include communication access realtime | ||
| translation captioning. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
