Concerning open motion picture captioning in motion picture theaters.



ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5486

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senate Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Orwall, Dhingra, Nobles, and Trudeau)

READ FIRST TIME 02/07/25.

AN ACT Relating to motion picture captioning in motion picture theaters; adding a new section to chapter 49.60 RCW; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 49.60 RCW to read as follows:

(1) A place of public accommodation that is a motion picture theater shall provide access to fully operational and well–maintained closed captioning technology for the general public for each screening of a motion picture that is produced and available with closed captioning as required by Title III of the federal Americans with disabilities act.