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A01547 Summary:

A01547 Actions:

A01547 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS   Chair:Peoples-Stokes      
DATE:02/14/2017AYE/NAY:12/0  Action: Favorable         
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Johns
Aye
Galef
Aye
Goodell
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lalor
Aye
Glick
Excused
Byrne
Aye
Kim
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Bichotte
Aye
Blake
Aye
Hyndman
Aye

A01547 Floor Votes:

A01547 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1547
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 12, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. ZEBROWSKI, GOTTFRIED, COLTON, TITONE, SKOUFIS,
          ROSENTHAL, WEPRIN, McDONOUGH, BLAKE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.
          BRINDISI,  KEARNS,  RODRIGUEZ,  SKARTADOS -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the civil rights law, in relation to requiring places of
          public accommodation, resort or  amusement  that  operate  televisions
          during  regular  hours  of  operation  to provide closed captioning on
          certain televisions upon request
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  civil  rights law is amended by adding a new section
     2  79-o to read as follows:
     3    § 79-o. Closed captioning in places of public accommodation, resort or
     4  amusement. 1. A place of public accommodation, resort or  amusement,  as
     5  defined  in  subdivision  nine  of section two hundred ninety-two of the
     6  executive law, shall upon request be required to have closed  captioning
     7  enabled  on  all televisions that are located in the public area of such
     8  establishment during regular hours of business.  The  regular  hours  of
     9  business of the place of public accommodation, resort or amusement shall
    10  be the hours of operation as posted in such establishment.
    11    2. The provisions of this section shall not apply if:
    12    (a)  no televisions in the public area of the place of public accommo-
    13  dation, resort or amusement are capable of providing closed  captioning;
    14  or
    15    (b)  in the event that two televisions in the public area of the place
    16  of public accommodation, resort or amusement    have  the  same  channel
    17  being  broadcast,  only  one of the televisions shall be subject to this
    18  section.
    19    3. As used in this section:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04004-01-7
        A. 1547                             2
 
     1    (a) "closed captioning" shall mean a feature on a television that when
     2  activated will visually display a transcription of the audio portion  of
     3  video programming; and
     4    (b) "public area" shall mean the section of a place of public accommo-
     5  dation, resort or amusement that is open to the general public.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.