Good news!  A public hearing was held this morning for HCS HB 181
as amended before the Senate Commerce, Energy and the Environment
Committee.  At that hearing, three people spoke in support of
HCS HB 181 as amended and no one opposed the bill.  The Committee
met in Executive Session after the public hearing and voted unanimously
that the bill “Do Pass.”  HSC 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 will keep you posted regarding the progress of
this bill.