ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2015
Latest action · Feb 2, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 9, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2015
Amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to prohibit an aggrieved person from commencing a civil action for discrimination based on the failure to remove a structural barrier to entry into an existing public accommodation unless the owner or operator of such accommodation: (1) is provided a written notice specific enough to identify such barrier; and (2) has, within specified time periods, either failed to provide the aggrieved person with a written description outlining improvements that will be made to remove such barrier or provided such description and failed to remove such barrier.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 9, 2015 to Nov 29, 2016; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Original | Jan 9, 2015 |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Original | Jan 9, 2015 |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Original | Jan 9, 2015 |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Original | Jan 9, 2015 |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Jan 9, 2015 |
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Original | Jan 9, 2015 |
| R-CA | Edward R. Royce | Original | Jan 9, 2015 |
| R-CA | Jeff Denham | Original | Jan 9, 2015 |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Original | Jan 9, 2015 |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Original | Jan 9, 2015 |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Original | Jan 9, 2015 |
| R-CA | Mimi Walters | Original | Jan 9, 2015 |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Original | Jan 9, 2015 |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Original | Jan 9, 2015 |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Sep 30, 2015 | |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Oct 7, 2015 | |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-NE | Brad Ashford | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| R-TX | K. Michael Conaway | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| R-VA | Dave Brat | Jun 7, 2016 | |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Nov 29, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 9, 2015 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Feb 2, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 2, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- Jan 9, 2015Introduced in House
- Jan 9, 2015Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E751 | Ken Calvert R-CA | May 19, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 4, January 9, 2015, page H189.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-76 | EXAMINING LEGISLATION TO PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ADA'S PUBLIC ACCOMMODATION PROVISIONS79 pages | Judiciary Committee | May 19, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to impose notice and a compliance opportunity to be provided before commencement of a private civil action.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and Services) Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
