S.F. 2237 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 216.7A Closed captioning required. 1 1. A public accommodation shall enable closed captioning 2 for all television programming and online broadcasts that are 3 provided for viewing by members of the public during hours 4 during which the public accommodation is open to the public 5 unless a member of the public asks that closed captioning be 6 disabled on a specific device. In the event of such a request, 7 closed captioning shall be enabled again once the member of 8 the public who requested that closed captioning be disabled 9 discontinues viewing or leaves the public accommodation. 10 2. A person who violates this section shall be subject to a 11 civil penalty of up to twenty-five dollars for each violation. 12 A civil penalty collected under this section shall be deposited 13 in the general fund of the state. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill requires all public accommodations that provide 18 television programming and online broadcasts for viewing by 19 members of the public to enable closed captioning on devices 20 viewable by the public during business hours unless a member 21 of the public asks that closed captioning be disabled on 22 a specific device, in which case closed captioning shall 23 be enabled again when the member of the public who made 24 the request discontinues viewing or leaves the public 25 accommodation. 26 A person who fails to comply with the bill is subject to 27 a civil penalty of $25 for each violation. Civil penalties 28 collected under the bill are deposited in the general fund of 29 the state. 30 -1- LSB 5636XS (4) 91 lh/jh 1/ 1