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2003 SESSION

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HB 2570 Governor's emergency powers; closed captioning of emergency news.

Introduced by: L. Karen Darner | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Governor’s emergency powers; closed captioning of emergency news. Gives the Governor the power to require any television broadcast station located in Virginia that is capable of providing closed captioning of live news broadcasts to provide such captioning of any news that may affect the health, safety or welfare of the deaf and hard-of-hearing citizens of the Commonwealth.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/03  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/03 032297696  pdf | impact statement

HISTORY

• 01/08/03  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/08/03 032297696
• 01/08/03  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
• 01/31/03  House: Stricken at request of Patron in M., P. & P. S. (22-Y 0-N)