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SB 92

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Places of Public Accommodation - Motion Picture Houses - Captioning

Sponsor: Benjamin Brooks (District 10)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: Human RelationsStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 360 (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 certain motion picture; 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 for the first 3 weeks after a motion picture premieres in the motion picture house.

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Testimony (28)

MGA witness list
FAV 23FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 2UnfavorableINFO 2Information only
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVRosenberg, MelissaAutism Society MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVLevine, AdamBaltimore City, Solicitor OfficeWritten (PDF)
FAVSnyder, AbigaillobbyistBaltimore Jewish CouncilWritten (PDF)
FAVFitzwater, JessicaFrederick County ExecutiveWritten (PDF)
FAVDeBerry, UsherlaGovernor's Office of the Deaf and Hard of HearingWritten (PDF)
FAVJoyner, TinaMDADWritten (PDF)
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)
FAVPorter, VikkiMaryland Open Captioned MoviesWritten (PDF)
FAVSo, ClementMetropolitan Asian Deaf AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVDrinkwater, CodyPeople On the Go MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVBrick, KelbyService Coordination, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVBCAD, BCADIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVDeSomma, MeredithIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVKolp, AndeIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVLeffler, JacobIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRice, MatIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVSenator Brooks, Senator BrookslegislatorIndividualOral
FAVSteffy, KevinIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVTilden, DeannaIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFGross, KennethIndividualPosition only
UNFMeyerovich, MarkIndividualPosition only
FWABrooks, BenjaminIndividualWritten (PDF)
INFOMurdoch, DougMid-Atlantic NATO (National Assn of Theatre Owners)Oral + Written (PDF)
INFOSublett, JennalobbyistIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVSnyder, AbigailBaltimore Jewish CouncilRegistered for: Baltimore Jewish Council
INFOSublett, JennaRegistered for: Cornerstone Government Affairs; Wonderful Company, The; Equinor Wind US; Maryland Troopers Association; Delaware-Maryland Agribusiness Association; Heritage Memorial Cemetery