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If passed, HB 1459 would require real-time
captioning of all local news, weather, and sports programming by all
television stations in Missouri no later than January 1, 2006, and
would allow exemptions only to very small stations that would have
to expend more than 2% of their annual gross income to provide
real-time captioning of their news broadcasts. Real-time captioning
would be required to remedy the inadequacies of
the "electronic newsroom" technology, which only captions what is on
the pre-recorded teleprompter.
Advocates who would like to see HB 1459 move forward should CONTACT
THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, Representative Rex Rector (District
#124), and URGE THAT HB 1459 BE VOTED OUT OF HIS COMMITTEE WITH A
"DO PASS" RECOMMENDATION. Representative Rector can be contacted by
calling 573-751-8780, Faxing to 573-526-8762, or sending an e-mail
to Rex.Rector@house.mo.gov. And if your representative is a member
of that committee, you can contact her/him and URGE THEIR SUPPORT OF
HB 1459. Contact information for members of that committee is as
follows:
Last Name First Name
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