Bill Text: IL HB0038 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-01-12 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB0038 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB0038-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0038 Introduced , 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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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.

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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,

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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.