Bill Text: IL HB2522 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Legislative Accessibility Act. Provides that the General Assembly shall make all efforts to increase public accessibility to the General Assembly, and specifies the efforts to be included. Provides that the Secretary of State shall make all efforts to increase public accessibility to all State buildings. Provides specified accessibility requirements for the State Capitol Building and the James R. Thompson Center.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-22 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan "Yoni" Pizer [HB2522 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2522-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Legislative Accessibility Act.
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6 | Section 5. General Assembly accessibility.
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7 | (a) The General Assembly shall make all efforts to increase | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | public accessibility to the General Assembly.
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9 | (b) Efforts to increase public accessibility of the General | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Assembly shall include, but not be limited to: (1) captioning | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | of all television and live feed video events in the State | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Capitol Building; and (2) a formal process, advertised on the | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | Illinois General Assembly website, to request and follow up on | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | reasonable accommodations for people attending legislative | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | events, including, but not limited to, all hearings and floor | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | proceedings.
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17 | Section 10. State Building accessibility.
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18 | (a) The Secretary of State shall make all efforts to | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | increase public accessibility to all State buildings.
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20 | (b) In addition to any upgrades which may be made under | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | subsection (a), the State Capitol Building and the James R. | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Thompson Center shall, at a minimum:
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1 | (1) have at least one bathroom in the Capitol that has | ||||||
2 | adult size changing beds;
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3 | (2) have at least one room as a sensory break space;
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4 | (3) post broken elevator alerts on the Illinois General | ||||||
5 | Assembly website, with suggestions for alternate routes;
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6 | (4) develop and publicly post clear maps for the | ||||||
7 | Capitol Building, the William G. Stratton Building, and the | ||||||
8 | Michael J. Howlett Building to enable people to navigate | ||||||
9 | more easily; and
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10 | (5) maintain a stock of at least 10 manual wheelchairs | ||||||
11 | to be used by visitors to the Capitol.
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12 | (c) In addition to any upgrades which may be made under | ||||||
13 | subsection (a), the James R. Thompson Center shall, at a | ||||||
14 | minimum:
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15 | (1) have at least one bathroom that has adult size | ||||||
16 | changing beds;
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17 | (2) have at least one room as a sensory break space;
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18 | (3) post readily accessible broken elevator alerts or | ||||||
19 | notices, with suggestions for alternate routes;
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20 | (4) develop and publicly post clear maps for the | ||||||
21 | Thompson Center and the surrounding area to enable people | ||||||
22 | to navigate more easily; and
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23 | (5) maintain a stock of at least 10 manual wheelchairs | ||||||
24 | to be used by visitors.
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