Virginia House Bill 407 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
Pending: House Health, Welfare and Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Open captioning at movie theaters. Requires all movie theaters, including outdoor theaters such as drive-in theaters, that have four or more screens and are open to the general public to provide open captioning at least twice per week on any film that is regularly shown, provided that open captioning is available for such film. The bill requires such movie theaters to provide notice to the general public regarding the availability of open captioning and schedule at least one viewing during peak viewing time.

Movie theaters; open captioning to include drive-in theaters.

Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

2022-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (3-Y 2-N) (Y: 3 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions
2022-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (3-Y 2-N)
2022-01-21	House	Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #3
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103277D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
51	5	44	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB407
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB407+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1203V0004+HB0407