HB0038 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning employment.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Entertainment Industry Worker Training Program Act.

Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is as follows:

(1) to create an Entertainment Industry Worker Training Program that will be a model for the nation, in order to build a larger more diversified workforce, and to meet the market demands for personnel and to support the expansion of the industry;

(2) to create jobs with a skilled, trained, and diverse workforce that will serve the growing entertainment industry in Chicago and the State of Illinois;

(3) to help create an awareness of, and a threshold to, an entertainment industry career; and

(4) to provide a center for the entertainment industry for ongoing training, both in updating entertainment industry craft skills and providing seminars focused on diversity, equity and inclusion, anti-harassment, and modern workforce civility.

Section 10. Program. 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. The Program shall provide the following:

(1) 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. The educational component shall include:

(A) diversity, equity-inclusion, and anti-harassment training;

(B) rigging training, including motor and computerized rigging in all theatrical settings;

(C) sound production training, including digital audio;

(D) lighting training, including intelligent lighting; and

(E) Occupational Safety and Health Administration training and general workplace safety.

(2) Ongoing training for hundreds of skilled professionals, so they can be more successful in their fields, including, but not limited to, ongoing training for stagehands, studio mechanics, hair and make-up artists, wardrobe, television production workers, cinematographers, editors, animators, scenic artists, camera operators, and audio-visual workers.

Applicants to the program shall apply to the Department in a form and manner prescribed by the Department.

Section 15. Building. 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 trainings provided by the Entertainment Industry Worker Training Program. The building shall be located in an urban area within safe walking distance to public transportation.

Section 20. Rules. The Department may adopt any rules necessary to implement the Entertainment Industry Worker Training Program, including rules on qualification requirements.