H.F. 2397 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 216C.13 Closed captioning required. 1 A public accommodation, as that term is defined in section 2 216.2, subsection 13, shall enable closed captioning for all 3 television programming and online broadcasts that are provided 4 for viewing by members of the public during hours during 5 which the public accommodation is open to the public unless a 6 member of the public asks that closed captioning be disabled 7 on a specific device. In the event of such a request, closed 8 captioning shall be enabled again once the member of the public 9 who requested that closed captioning be disabled discontinues 10 viewing or leaves the public accommodation. 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 This bill requires all public accommodations that provide 15 television programming and online broadcasts for viewing by 16 members of the public to enable closed captioning on devices 17 viewable by the public during business hours unless a member 18 of the public asks that closed captioning be disabled on 19 a specific device, in which case closed captioning shall 20 be enabled again when the member of the public who made 21 the request discontinues viewing or leaves the public 22 accommodation. 23 By operation of law, a person who violates a provision of the 24 bill is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor 25 is punishable by confinement for no more than 30 days at a time 26 of at least $65 but not more than $625 or by both. 27 -1- LSB 5912YH (2) 88 ss/rn 1/ 1