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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 797
January Session, 2025
AN ACT REQUIRING A SCHEDULED START TIME DISCLAIMER IN
CERTAIN MOTION PICTURE ADVERTISEMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Consumer" means an individual who is (A) physically present in 2
this state, and (B) a prospective purchaser of a ticket to a motion picture 3
exhibition conducted at a motion picture theater in this state; 4
(2) "Motion picture theater" means a movie theater or screening room 5
used to exhibit a motion picture; and 6
(3) "Person" means an individual, association, corporation, 7
partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, business 8
trust or other legal entity. 9
(b) Each advertisement that is published, aired, displayed or 10
disseminated by or on behalf of a person who owns or operates a motion 11
picture theater in this state shall, if such advertisement is directed at 12
consumers, is intended to promote attendance at a motion picture 13
exhibition conducted at such motion picture theater and states the 14
scheduled start time for the motion picture exhibition, include the 15
following statement: 16 Substitute Bill No. 797
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"The actual movie start time may be ten or more minutes after the 17
movie start time set forth in this advertisement.". 18
(c) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt 19
regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the 20
general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section. 21
(d) Any person who publishes, airs, displays or disseminates an 22
advertisement that does not contain the statement required under 23
subsection (b) of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred 24
dollars per violation. 25
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
GL Joint Favorable Subst.