The California open formats bill, AB 1668, passed its first hurdle yesterday after a hearing before the JEDE (Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy). The committee voted by a 4-2 margin to “…pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations”. I’ll have more info tonight on what exactly this means and what the next steps are.
There’s a video you can watch of yesterday’s hearing. Of course, the video is in the closed Windows Media format. Oh, the irony ;)
EDIT: Thanks to the Experimental Space blog for the video link.