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HB181 (Captioning of Educational
Videos)
Passed by the House
HCS HB 181 as
amended was read a third time and passed the House
yesterday (4/4/07) by a vote of 146 “Yes” to 13 “No.” The bill
was
reported to the Senate and read a first time today (4/5/07).
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 are now one step closer
to ensuring
that deaf and hard of hearing students in Missouri have full
access to the
spoken content of educational videos acquired and used by their
schools
in the future. We will keep you informed of the progress of HCS
HB 181
in the Senate.
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