HB 1459 -- Closed Captioning

Sponsor:  Moore

This bill requires all television stations in Missouri to provide
real-time captioning of all local news, weather, and sports
programming by January 1, 2006.  The use of electronic newsroom
technology is not a sufficient method by which these captioning
services can be provided.  Any television station that would have
to spend more than 2% of its annual gross income in order to
comply with these requirements is exempt from doing so.

Missouri House of Representatives
92nd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 23, 2004 at 11:15 am