STAND. COM. REP. NO.  951-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2727

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2727 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MOVIE THEATERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require a public accommodation that owns, leases, leases to, or operates a motion picture theater in more than two locations in the State to provide open movie captioning showings at least twice a week and audio description upon request for motion pictures that are offered in such formats and to provide public notice of movies for which such formats are not available.

The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Disability and Communication Access Board, Aloha State Association of the Deaf, and several individuals provided testimony in support of the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2727, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2727, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair