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SB435 (Captioning of Educational
Videos)
PUblic Hearing Scheduled
The Senate
Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee
will hold
a public hearing for SB 435 on Thursday, February 22, at 8:30 AM in the
Senate Lounge of the Capitol Building. SB 435 is the companion bill to
HB 181 and, if passed, would require that beginning January 1, 2008
manufacturers and publishers of electronic video instructional materials
(CD, DVD, videotape, film, etc) offered for adoption or sale in Missouri shall
supply those materials with either open or closed captions, or they will be
liable to the purchaser for the cost of adding captions.
Persons who wish to see this bill become law
are invited to attend this
public hearing and testify in support of the bill. If you cannot attend the
hearing and wish to support the bill, and if you have not already done so,
please send an e-mail indicating your support of SB 435 to
roy.miller@mcdhh.mo.gov and it will be distributed to all members of the
Senate Commerce, Energy and the Environment Committee.
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