HF1134 will be heard by the Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee. This bill will add the refusal to provide closed captioning to the list of prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of disability.

The following individuals are testifying in support of HF1134.

• Shaun Riffe, a veteran and advocate for veterans with service-related hearing loss,
• Laura Hagemann, a person with hearing loss who also relies on captions because of a traumatic brain injury, and a representative of the Hearing Loss Association of America, Twin Cities Chapter,
• JaNahne McCready-Johnson and Neil Johnson, who are culturally Deaf and the original advocates for this bill,
• and Waymon Hudson, a community advocate who is late-deafened. 

Please attend and support this bill.

When

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 5:00 PM 

Where

The hearing will be streamed live and the link is available at House Television Webcast and Mobile Streaming Schedule. 

Accessibility

All events are closed-captioned. To provide feedback on digital accessibility of meeting information, please submit comments through the Minnesota Legislature Accessibility & Usability Comment Form.