VA SB722

Requires motion picture theaters with five or more Virginia locations to provide at least four open captioning screenings during a film's first two operating weeks, with at least one showing during evening or weekend hours

Smaller theater companies with four or fewer locations must provide at least one open captioning screening within eight calendar days of receiving a request

Mandates all theaters maintain fully operational closed captioning technology for every screening of films produced with closed captions, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act

Theaters must advertise open captioning screenings using "OC" symbols and provide website contact information for captioning requests

The Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Law will enforce compliance, with violators required to add one additional open captioning screening the following week