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.