[Mn-abs] Legislation: Technology Access

[Jennifer Dunnam]

This is to let you know about some hearings coming up tomorrow, Wednesday, on a bill that would strengthen the accessibility requirements for technology used by the state of Minnesota.  The NFB of Minnesota has worked on this issue for a long time, having brought the first legislation to address it in 1998, and we support efforts to strengthen it for better access to jobs and services in the state.  If you are in the Metro area and can arrange to be at one of these hearings, please do so--particularly the senate budget committee hearing at 12:30 at which a show of support for this issue will be especially helpful.  If you can't make these hearings, there will be more to come and will keep you posted.

Here is the link to the bill,  and following that is the hearing times/locations:  
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S1600.1.html&session=ls86

In the house:
                  Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Committee: State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections Committee 2009-2010
8:30 a.m., room 200 State Office Building
The bill, HR1744, is first on the agenda

In the Senate:
                  Wednesday, April 1, 2009
                  State Government Budget Division
                  12:30 p.m. Room 112 Capitol
The bill, sf1600, is fifth on the agenda.