1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; requiring closed-captioned television in certain 
1.3 	circumstances; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 
1.4 	12.09, subdivision 2; 169.219; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.5 	chapter 256C.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 12.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.State emergency plan. (a) The division shall develop and maintain a 
1.9 	comprehensive state emergency operations plan and emergency management program in 
1.10 	accord with section 12.21, subdivision 3, clause (2), and ensure that other state emergency 
1.11 	plans that may be developed are coordinated and consistent with the comprehensive state 
1.12 	emergency operations plan.
1.13 	(b) In developing a comprehensive state emergency operations plan and emergency 
1.14 	management program, the division must incorporate plans for closed-captioning and real-time 
1.15 	captioning for television programming and online broadcasts providing emergency 
1.16 	information as required under Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, section 79.

1.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 169.219, is amended to read:
1.18 	169.219 PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
1.19 	(a) The commissioner of public safety shall include in the department's series of public 
1.20 	service announcements information that educates the public about traffic regulations that 
1.21 	are frequently violated, including the requirement for a vehicle driver to stop to yield the 
2.1 	right-of-way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. The commissioner shall distribute these 
2.2 	announcements for broadcast in this state on radio and television.
2.3 	(b) The commissioner shall ensure that all public service announcements are made 
2.4 	available through closed-captioning and real-time captioning for television programming 
2.5 	and online broadcasting providing public service information.

2.6 	Sec. 3. [256C.285] CLOSED-CAPTIONED TELEVISION.
2.7 	The Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing shall partner with the 
2.8 	Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services Division of the Department of Human Services to create 
2.9 	a public awareness campaign for businesses, including but not limited to hotels, restaurants, 
2.10 	bars, hospitals, and shopping malls, and government entities to provide closed-captioned 
2.11 	television if television services are otherwise provided and to have closed-captioning enabled 
2.12 	at all times unless there is a specific request to turn it off. When the person who requested 
2.13 	closed-captioning be turned off leaves the establishment or government entity, the 
2.14 	closed-captioning must be turned back on.

2.15 	Sec. 4. APPROPRIATION.
 2.16 	$....... in fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from the general fund to the Commission of 
2.17 	the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing to develop a grant program for eligible nonprofit 
2.18 	organizations to create a public awareness campaign on the need for closed-captioning for 
2.19 	television programming and online broadcasting and to provide training on the use of 
2.20 	closed-captioning.