SB 400

Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning

Sponsor: Benjamin Brooks (District 10)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Human RelationsStatus: Referred to interim study by Judicial Proceedings (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring all motion picture houses to offer closed captioning for each screening of a motion picture; and requiring that a place of public accommodation that controls, operates, owns, or leases at least two motion picture houses in the State to provide open captioning for at least two screenings each week.

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Testimony (22)

MGA witness list

FAV 15FavorableUNF 7Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Hartman, Fred	Howard County Assn of the Deaf	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rosenberg, Melissa	Howard County Autism Society	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Arneson, Emilylobbyist	Kennedy Krieger Institute	Written (PDF)
FAV	Joyner, Tina	MDAD	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Westfall, Michele	Maryland Governor's Advisory Council on the Deaf & Hard of Hearing	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Themelis, Nina	Mayor's Office of Government Relations	Written (PDF)
FAV	Fernandes, Roy	Metro South Asian Deaf Association	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	BCAD, BCAD	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Brooks, Benjamin	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Clark, Scott	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	DeSomma, Meredith	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Leffler, Jacob	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	MDAD President, MDAD President	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Senator Brooks, Senator Brookslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Tilden, Deanna	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Murdoch, Doug	Mid-Atlantic NATO (National Assn of Theatre Owners)	Oral + Written (PDF)
UNF	Rich, Alex	National Association of Theatre Owners	Written (PDF)
UNF	Fiandra, Bobby	Regal Cinemas	Written (PDF)
UNF	Lyon, Christopher	The Charles Theatre	Written (PDF)
UNF	phillips, david	rc theatres	Written (PDF)
UNF	Hein, Derek	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Valentino, Ellen	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Howard County Assn of the DeafFAV 1

Howard County Autism SocietyFAV 1

Kennedy Krieger InstituteFAV 1

Maryland Governor's Advisory Council on the Deaf & Hard of HearingFAV 1

Mayor's Office of Government RelationsFAV 1

MDADFAV 1

Metro South Asian Deaf AssociationFAV 1

Mid-Atlantic NATO (National Assn of Theatre Owners)UNF 1

National Association of Theatre OwnersUNF 1

rc theatresUNF 1

Regal CinemasUNF 1

The Charles TheatreUNF 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVArneson, EmilyKennedy Krieger InstituteRegistered for: Kennedy Krieger Institute