HB 181, sponsored by Representative Therese Sander of Moberly, had
a public hearing before the House Higher Education Committee
yesterday in House Hearing Room # 3 of the Capitol Building.  At that
hearing five people testified in support of the bill, and nobody testified
opposed to the bill.  The five witnesses who supported the bill were
Dr. Roy Miller, Executive Director of the Missouri Commission for the
Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MCDHH), Kim Davis, Workshop/Training
Specialist at MCDHH, Larry Hoard, a social worker from Hannibal, Jim
Tusher from Paraquad, and Shelby Butler from the Southwest Center for
Independent Living.  At the hearing Dr. Miller distributed copies of nearly
150 e-mails that he had received in support of a bill requiring captioning
of electronic video instructional materials.  We will keep you informed
regarding the progress of HB 181.