HEALTH Panel Act

Senate Bill

S. 1911

119th Congress

HEALTH Panel Act

In Committee

Introduced:Jun 27, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Bob Casey

D - PA

Cosponsors

6

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Transportation and Public Works

Summary

This bill aims to ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to airline information and entertainment programming. It requires airlines to provide things like closed captioning, audio descriptions, and nonvisual control options so that all passengers can fully access and enjoy the services provided on flights.

Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Introduced6/27/2025

StatusRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

ChamberSenate

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HEALTH Panel Act

This bill aims to ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to airline information and entertainment programming. It requires airlines to provide things like closed captioning, audio descriptions, and nonvisual control options so that all passenge

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This bill aims to ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to airline information and entertainment programming. It requires airlines to provide things like closed captioning, audio descriptions, and nonvisual control options so that all passengers can fully access and enjoy the services provided on flights.

Bill Number: 1911
Introduced: 6/27/2025
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Policy Area: Transportation and Public Works

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Fact Sheet

Title: HEALTH Panel Act
Bill Number: 1911
Sponsor: No sponsor
Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
Introduced: 6/27/2025
Summary: This bill aims to ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to airline information and entertainment programming. It requires airlines to provide things like closed captioning, audio descriptions, and nonvisual control options so that all passengers can fully access and enjoy the servic

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill aims to ensure that people with disabilities have equal access to airline information and entertainment programming. It requires airlines to provide things like closed captioning, audio descriptions, and nonvisual control options so that all passengers can fully access and enjoy the services provided on flights.

Last updated: 12/30/2025

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

Airline Safety Information and Entertainment Access Act This bill requires air carriers (including foreign carriers) to ensure equal access to airline information and entertainment programming for all airline passengers regardless of their disabilities. Specifically, the bill requires an air carrier to provide or make available for persons with disabilities <ul> <li>open captioning and an American Sign Language (ASL) option when the information and programming are available to passengers through shared video displays, </li> <li>closed captioning and an ASL option when the information and programming are available to passengers through individual video displays, and</li> <li>audio descriptions when the information and programming are available to passengers through individual or shared video displays.</li> </ul> An air carrier must also provide any aural public address announcement in textual format through individual or shared video displays. Further, an air carrier must ensure all control systems for video displays, applications (apps) for personal devices, web portals, and websites for passengers have the option to allow a person with a disability to operate the item nonvisually. The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (the Access Board) must set forth the minimum technical criteria for individual video displays, apps for personal devices, web portals, and websites for airline passengers to ensure that they include a mechanism that allows persons with disabilities to operate them nonvisually. The Department of Transportation must issue any necessary regulations. A civil action may be brought by an aggrieved person or the Department of Justice in a U.S. District Court against an air carrier for violations of these requirements.

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Requires airlines to provide closed captioning, ASL options, and audio descriptions for video displays and entertainment programming
Requires airlines to ensure all control systems, apps, and websites for passengers have nonvisual operation options
Allows for civil lawsuits against airlines that violate these accessibility requirements

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

This bill would directly benefit passengers with disabilities by ensuring they can access the same information and entertainment as other passengers. It would improve the airline travel experience for millions of Americans with visual, hearing, and other impairments, allowing them to fully participate in air travel.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Transportation and Public Works

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

1911, 119th Congress (2025). "HEALTH Panel Act". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-1911

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