SB3923 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3923

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Cristina Castro

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Entertainment Industry Worker Training Center Act. Provides that the Department of Labor, in consultation with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Chicago Entertainment Industry Labor Council, shall create the Entertainment Industry Worker Training Center. Provides that the Center shall provide the space and the technology for specified training programs. Provides that subject to appropriation, the Department shall purchase a building needed for hands on training, or the renovation of an existing building, to be developed in an urban area, and within safe walking distance to public transportation.

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 Center Act.

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

(1) to build an Entertainment Industry Worker Training Center that will be a model for the nation;

(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. Programs. The Department of Labor, in consultation with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Chicago Entertainment Industry Labor Council, shall create the Entertainment Industry Worker Training Center. The Center shall provide the space and the technology for training programs as follows:

(1) a 3-year educational program to provide specific skill set training for 25 to 50 participants annually with a weekly stipend during the training and job referral services upon successful completion. This program shall include: (i) diversity, equity-inclusion, and anti-harassment training; (ii) rigging training, including motor and computerized rigging in all theatrical settings; (iii) sound production training, including digital audio; (iv) lighting training, including intelligent lighting; and (v) Occupational Safety and Health Administration training and general workplace safety; and

(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.

Section 15. Building. Subject to appropriation, the Department of Labor, in consultation with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Chicago Entertainment Industry Labor Council, shall purchase a building needed for hands on training, or the renovation of an existing building, to be developed in an urban area, and within safe walking distance to public transportation.