AN ACT RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- EQUAL RIGHTS OF BLIND AND DEAF PERSONS TO PUBLIC FACILITIES (Requires movie theaters to provide open captioning for persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 1, 2017
Last action May 24, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Mar 22, 2017
Legislature · Passed
03/22/2017 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Mar 1, 2017
Committee
03/01/2017 Introduced, referred to House H.E.W.
legislature
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Arthur Handy
DDemocratic
P
RA
Robert A. Nardolillo
RRepublican
P
Scott Slater
DDemocratic
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