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Edmonds man helps push through state bill requiring closed-captions in public spaces

June 7, 2021 Washington State Senior Citizens' Lobby

It isn’t easy to get a Washington State Senate bill passed, but that’s just what Dean Olson of Edmonds did. Senate Bill 5027 — requiring closed-captions on televisions in all places of public accommodation in Washington state –was unanimously adopted and signed by Gov. Jay Inslee May 10, benefiting people who are hearing impaired.

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