New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB49 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 49
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
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42	42	FIRST SESSION
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45	45	2025
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Cynthia Borrego
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS; ENACTING THE CLOSED
50	50	CAPTIONING ACT; REQUIRING PLACES OF PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION THAT
51	51	DISPLAY TELEVISION PROGRAMMING TO PROVIDE CLOSED CAPTIONING;
52	52	REQUIRING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ENFORCE THE CLOSED CAPTIONING
53	53	ACT; PROVIDING PENALTIES.
54	54	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
55	55	SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] SHORT TITLE.--This act may be
56	56	cited as the "Closed Captioning Act ".
57	57	SECTION 2. [NEW MATERIAL] DEFINITIONS.--As used in the
58	58	Closed Captioning Act:
59	59	A. "closed captioning" means a transcript or
60	60	written dialogue of the audio portion of a television program
61	61	that is displayed on the screen of a television receiver;
62	62	B. "place of public accommodation" means a place
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90	90	that is open to the public where commerce is carried out and
91	91	includes:
92	92	(1) an inn, a hotel, a motel or other place of
93	93	lodging, except for an establishment located within a building
94	94	that contains fewer than five rooms for rent and that is
95	95	actually occupied by the proprietor of such establishment as
96	96	the proprietor's residence;
97	97	(2) a restaurant, a bar or other establishment
98	98	serving food or drink;
99	99	(3) a motion picture house, a theater, a
100	100	concert hall, a stadium or other place of exhibition or
101	101	entertainment;
102	102	(4) an auditorium, a convention center, a
103	103	lecture hall or other place of public gathering;
104	104	(5) a bakery, a grocery store, a clothing
105	105	store, a hardware store, a shopping center or other sales or
106	106	rental establishment;
107	107	(6) a department store, a laundromat, a dry
108	108	cleaner, a bank, a barber shop, a beauty shop, a travel
109	109	service, a shoe repair service, a funeral parlor, a gas
110	110	station, an office of an accountant or lawyer, a pharmacy, an
111	111	insurance office, a professional office of a health care
112	112	provider, a hospital or any other retail or service
113	113	establishment;
114	114	(7) a terminal, a depot or other station used
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143	143	for public transportation;
144	144	(8) a museum, a library, a gallery or other
145	145	place of public display or collection;
146	146	(9) a park, a zoo, an amusement park or other
147	147	place of recreation;
148	148	(10) a nursery, elementary, secondary,
149	149	undergraduate, postgraduate or private school;
150	150	(11) a senior citizen center, a homeless
151	151	shelter, a food bank, an adoption agency or other social
152	152	service center establishment; and
153	153	(12) a gymnasium, a health spa, a bowling
154	154	alley, a golf course or other place of exercise or recreation;
155	155	C. "public area" means any part of a place of
156	156	public accommodation that is open to the general public;
157	157	D. "regular hours" means the hours of the day in
158	158	which a place of public accommodation is generally open to
159	159	members of the general public;
160	160	E. "television program" means any recorded media
161	161	that has audio and visual components and is displayed on a
162	162	television receiver; and
163	163	F. "television receiver" means a device that is
164	164	capable of displaying a television program. "Television
165	165	receiver" includes:
166	166	(1) a television;
167	167	(2) a display screen;
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196	196	(3) a digital set top box;
197	197	(4) a monitor; and
198	198	(5) other technology capable of displaying
199	199	closed captioning for a television program.
200	200	SECTION 3. [NEW MATERIAL] CLOSED CAPTIONING IN PLACES OF
201	201	PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION.--A person that owns or manages a place of
202	202	public accommodation shall activate closed captioning on all
203	203	television receivers that are turned on and operating in public
204	204	areas during regular hours, except when:
205	205	A. the television program or television receiver
206	206	available in the public area is not technologically able to
207	207	display closed captioning;
208	208	B. the television program being displayed is exempt
209	209	from closed captioning requirements under federal law; and
210	210	C. multiple television receivers are displaying the
211	211	same television program, in which case only one television
212	212	receiver is required to display closed captioning.
213	213	SECTION 4. [NEW MATERIAL] ENFORCEMENT.--
214	214	A. The attorney general shall enforce the
215	215	provisions of the Closed Captioning Act and shall adopt rules
216	216	in accordance with the Closed Captioning Act to provide for the
217	217	protection of people with hearing disabilities.
218	218	B. The attorney general shall establish a complaint
219	219	process whereby an aggrieved member of the public may file a
220	220	complaint against a place of public accommodation that violates
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249	249	the provisions of the Closed Captioning Act. All complaints
250	250	shall be considered public records pursuant to the Inspection
251	251	of Public Records Act, with the exception of the complainant's
252	252	name, address or protected personal identifier information as
253	253	defined in the Inspection of Public Records Act.
254	254	C. If the attorney general finds that a place of
255	255	public accommodation has violated the provisions of the Closed
256	256	Captioning Act, the attorney general shall notify the place of
257	257	public accommodation that it is in violation of that act. If
258	258	the place of public accommodation fails to demonstrate
259	259	compliance with the provisions of the Closed Captioning Act
260	260	within thirty days of receiving notice of the violation, it
261	261	shall be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed two hundred
262	262	fifty dollars ($250). For subsequent violations of the Closed
263	263	Captioning Act, the place of public accommodation shall be
264	264	assessed a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars
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