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HB 426

EnactedCrossfile SB 92
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Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning

Sponsor: Harry Bhandari (District 8)Committee: Economic MattersSubject: Human RelationsStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 361 (as of Nov 13, 2024)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring all motion picture houses to offer closed movie captioning for each screening of a motion picture, with a certain exception; and requiring, if a motion picture is produced and available to motion picture houses with open movie captioning, a place of public accommodation that controls, operates, owns, or leases a motion picture house with eight or more screens in the State to provide open movie captioning for at least two screenings for each motion picture it screens each week.

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Testimony (30)

MGA witness list
FAV 23FavorableUNF 6Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVSnyder, AbigaillobbyistBaltimore Jewish CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVFitzwater, JessicaFrederick County ExecutiveWritten (PDF)
FAVDeBerry, UsherlaGovernor's Office of the Deaf and Hard of HearingOral + Written (PDF)
FAVArneson, EmilylobbyistKennedy Krieger InstituteWritten (PDF)
FAVJoyner, TinaMDADOral
FAVMDAD President, MDAD PresidentMaryland Association of the DeafWritten (PDF)
FAVKelter, ChrisMaryland Centers for Independent LivingWritten (PDF)
FAVHorton, ClevelandMaryland Commission on Civil RightsWritten (PDF)
FAVHartung, BruceMaryland Continuing Care Residents AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVLondon, RachelMaryland Developmental Disabilities CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVPGCAD, PGCADPrince George's County Association of the DeafOral
FAVBrick, KelbyService Coordination, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVAran, LarisaIndividualOral
FAVBCAD, BCADIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVBalsley, NathanielIndividualOral
FAVBhandari, HarryIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVDeSomma, MeredithIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Bhandari, Delegate BhandarilegislatorIndividualOral
FAVKolp, AndeIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLeffler, JacobIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMars, IrisIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVRice, MatIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVTilden, DeannaIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFWienholt, ThomasHorizon CinemasWritten (PDF)
UNFMurdoch, DougMid-Atlantic NATO (National Assn of Theatre Owners)Written (PDF)
UNFFiandra, BobbyRegal CinemasWritten (PDF)
UNFSchwartz, RobertRegal CinemasWritten (PDF)
UNFGross, KennethIndividualPosition only
UNFHein, DerekIndividualWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVSnyder, AbigailBaltimore Jewish CouncilRegistered for: Baltimore Jewish Council
FAVArneson, EmilyKennedy Krieger InstituteRegistered for: Kennedy Krieger Institute