ADA Notification Bills

Over the years, Congress has introduced bills generally referred to as ADA notification bills. These bills have called for the creation of a policy where a business would have a set amount of time to be put on alert about an ADA violation. During that time frame, they would have the opportunity to remedy the violation. One of the best-known examples of such a bill was the passage of the House bill H.R. 620 in 2018. Much of the disability community has openly spoken out against such bills. The responsibility would be put on the person with a disability to notify the business. The clock would then start ticking to give the company time to fix the accessibility problems. Persons with disabilities do not want such a responsibility. Furthermore, the patron would also have to wait an extended amount of time to access the product or service while it is made accessible. In the 2018 bill, businesses would be given 90 days to remedy the access challenge.

A similar bill was introduced again this week on December 9 by Congressmembers Lawler from New York and Correa from California. Correa is a former sponsor of such bills. Under the new bill text, businesses would only be given 30 days. ACB will follow the movement of this bill closely. If you live in either of these congressmembers’ districts, we encourage you to reach out and express the dangers of the bill. To read the full press release, and access the bill, visit https://lawler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5157.