West Virginia Senate Bill 493: Relating to open captioning for motion pictures

West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session

What it does

The purpose of this bill is to require exhibitors of motion pictures who operate two or more theaters in more than one location in this state to provide open captioning during at least two showings per week of each motion picture that is produced and offered with open captioning. The bill requires, when requested, audio description to be provided for any motion picture that is produced and offered with audio description.

Latest action

Communicated to House (2026-03-14)

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