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S09888Introduced in the Senate

Requires a motion picture theater that offers more than ten motion picture showings per week to provide scheduled showings of motion pictures with open motion picture captioning such that at least one quarter of all showings of a motion picture with four or more showings during a one-week time period shall have open motion picture captioning; provides exceptions and penalties for violations.

IntroducedSenate Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business

Introduced by Nathalia Fernandez, District 34

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Requires a motion picture theater that offers more than ten motion picture showings per week to provide scheduled showings of motion pictures with open motion picture captioning such that at least one quarter of all showings of a motion picture with four or more showings during a one-week time period shall have open motion picture captioning; provides exceptions and penalties for violations.

Where it stands

PRINT NUMBER 9888A

May 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Consumer Protection Committee Vote · May 12, 2026

7

Yes

0

No

0

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7 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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SenatorDistrictVote
Siela Bynoe6Yes
Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick9Yes
Zellnor Myrie20Yes
William Weber38Yes
Rachel May48Yes
Christopher Ryan50Yes
Kristen Gonzalez59Yes

Bill history

  1. REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION

  2. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

  3. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

  4. PRINT NUMBER 9888A

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