2024 Regular Session • West Virginia Legislature
HB5299: The Closed Captioning Act
Legislative Summary
The purpose of this bill is to enact the Closed Captioning Act. The bill requires public places that have televisions for use by the public to have at least one half of those televisions to have their closed captioning feature activated at all times. The bill creates an exception. The bill defines terms, and establishes an effective date.
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Bill History
1/29/2024
Filed for introduction
House of Delegates
1/29/2024
To Government Organization
House of Delegates
1/29/2024
Introduced in House
House of Delegates
1/29/2024
To House Government Organization
House of Delegates
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(1/29/2024)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Government Organization(House of Delegates)
Sine Die
Sponsors
Republican: 10
Democrat: 1
Primary Sponsor
Jeff Campbell
Republican