HCS HB 181 As Amended
            (Captioning of Educational Videos)
                           Continues to Move

HCS HB 181 as amended had a second reading in the Senate yesterday
(4/10/07) and was assigned to the Senate Committee on Commerce,
Energy and the Environment.  HCS HB 181 as amended, if it became law,
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 must supply those
materials with either open or closed captions, or the manufacturers and
publishers will be liable to the purchaser for three times the cost of adding
captions.  We will let you know as soon as a public hearing is scheduled
for HCS HB 181 in the Senate.