HI HB2727

Removes the sunset date from Act 39, Session Laws of Hawaii 2015, making permanent the open movie captioning requirements for motion picture theaters.

Requires public accommodations that own, lease, or operate motion picture theaters in more than two locations in Hawaii to provide open movie captioning during at least two showings per week of each motion picture produced with such captioning.

Mandates audio descriptions upon request for all motion pictures where such accommodations are available.

Requires theaters to provide public notice when audio descriptions and open movie captioning are not available for certain movies.

Effective date is July 1, 2016.