103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB0038

 

Introduced 1/12/2023, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Entertainment Industry Worker Training Program Act. Provides that the Department of Labor, in collaboration with labor organizations representing theatrical stage workers and entertainment industry workers in this State, shall develop and establish an Entertainment Industry Worker Training Program. Provides that the Program shall include (i) a 3-year educational component that provides specific skill set training for 25 to 50 participants annually with a weekly stipend during the training and job referral services upon successful completion; and (ii) ongoing training for skilled professionals. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department, in consultation with labor organizations representing theatrical stage workers and entertainment industry workers in this State, shall purchase a building or renovate an existing building for the Entertainment Industry Worker Training Program. Provides that the building shall be located in an urban area and be within safe walking distance to public transportation. Provides that the Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement the Entertainment Industry Worker Training Program, including rules on qualification requirements.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Entertainment Industry Worker Training Program Act.
 
6    Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is as follows:
7        (1) to create an Entertainment Industry Worker
8    Training Program that will be a model for the nation, in
9    order to build a larger more diversified workforce, and to
10    meet the market demands for personnel and to support the
11    expansion of the industry;
12        (2) to create jobs with a skilled, trained, and
13    diverse workforce that will serve the growing
14    entertainment industry in Chicago and the State of
15    Illinois;
16        (3) to help create an awareness of, and a threshold
17    to, an entertainment industry career; and
18        (4) to provide a center for the entertainment industry
19    for ongoing training, both in updating entertainment
20    industry craft skills and providing seminars focused on
21    diversity, equity and inclusion, anti-harassment, and
22    modern workforce civility.
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. Program. The Department of Labor, in
2collaboration with labor organizations representing theatrical
3stage workers and entertainment industry workers in this
4State, shall develop and establish an Entertainment Industry
5Worker Training Program. The Program shall provide the
6following:
7        (1) A 3-year educational component that provides
8    specific skill set training for 25 to 50 participants
9    annually with a weekly stipend during the training and job
10    referral services upon successful completion. The
11    educational component shall include:
12            (A) diversity, equity-inclusion, and
13        anti-harassment training;
14            (B) rigging training, including motor and
15        computerized rigging in all theatrical settings;
16            (C) sound production training, including digital
17        audio;
18            (D) lighting training, including intelligent
19        lighting; and
20            (E) Occupational Safety and Health Administration
21        training and general workplace safety.
22        (2) Ongoing training for hundreds of skilled
23    professionals, so they can be more successful in their
24    fields, including, but not limited to, ongoing training
25    for stagehands, studio mechanics, hair and make-up
26    artists, wardrobe, television production workers,

 

 

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1    cinematographers, editors, animators, scenic artists,
2    camera operators, and audio-visual workers.
3    Applicants to the program shall apply to the Department in
4a form and manner prescribed by the Department.
 
5    Section 15. Building. Subject to appropriation, the
6Department, in consultation with labor organizations
7representing theatrical stage workers and entertainment
8industry workers in this State, shall purchase a building or
9renovate an existing building for trainings provided by the
10Entertainment Industry Worker Training Program. The building
11shall be located in an urban area within safe walking distance
12to public transportation.
 
13    Section 20. Rules. The Department may adopt any rules
14necessary to implement the Entertainment Industry Worker
15Training Program, including rules on qualification
16requirements.