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Posted March 4, 2002 (HB 1715
- Interpreters in Juvenile Proceedings) |
HB 1715 was introduced by Representatives Danielle Moore and Chuck
Graham on 1/30/02, and referred to the House Judiciary Committee on
2/14/02. HB 1715 will have a public hearing on Tuesday, March 5,
2002, at 3:00 p.m. in Hearing Room # 5 of the Capitol. Under current
Missouri law, interpreters must be provided to deaf persons for
certain proceedings in state prisons. HB 1715 would extend this
requirement to provide interpreters to deaf persons in proceedings
in juvenile detention or correctional facilities. The executive
director of the Missouri Commission for the Deaf will testify in
support of this bill.
Advocates who wish to support this bill can do so by contacting the
members of the House Judiciary Committee and asking them to support
HB 1715, and vote it out of their committee with a "Do Pass"
recommendation. The members of that committee are as follows:
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This
report is being posted by the Missouri Commission for the Deaf for
your information purposes.
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