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.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning employment.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
5Entertainment Industry Worker Training Center Act.
 
6    Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is as follows:
7        (1)   to build an Entertainment Industry Worker Training 
8    Center that will be a model for the nation;
9        (2)   to create jobs with a skilled, trained, and 
10    diverse workforce that will serve the growing 
11    entertainment industry in Chicago and the State of 
12    Illinois;
13        (3)    to help create an awareness of, and a threshold 
14    to, an entertainment industry career; and
15        (4)    to provide a center for the entertainment industry 
16    for ongoing training, both in updating entertainment 
17    industry craft skills and providing seminars focused on 
18    diversity, equity and inclusion, anti-harassment, and 
19    modern workforce civility.
 
20    Section 10. Programs. The Department of Labor, in 
21consultation with the International Alliance of Theatrical 
22Stage Employees and the Chicago Entertainment Industry Labor 
 
 
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1Council, shall create the Entertainment Industry Worker 
2Training Center. The Center shall provide the space and the 
3technology for training programs as follows:
4        (1)    a 3-year educational program to provide specific 
5    skill set training for 25 to 50 participants annually with 
6    a weekly stipend during the training and job referral 
7    services upon successful completion. This program shall 
8    include: (i) diversity, equity-inclusion, and 
9    anti-harassment training; (ii) rigging training, including 
10    motor and computerized rigging in all theatrical settings; 
11    (iii) sound production training, including digital audio; 
12    (iv) lighting training, including intelligent lighting; 
13    and (v) Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
14    training and general workplace safety; and
15        (2)   ongoing training for hundreds of skilled 
16    professionals, so they can be more successful in their 
17    fields, including, but not limited to,  ongoing training 
18    for stagehands, studio mechanics, hair and make-up 
19    artists, wardrobe, television production workers, 
20    cinematographers, editors, animators, scenic artists, 
21    camera operators, and audio-visual workers.
 
22    Section 15. Building. Subject to appropriation, the 
23Department of Labor, in consultation with the International 
24Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Chicago 
25Entertainment Industry Labor Council, shall purchase a 
 
 
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1building needed for hands on training, or the renovation of an 
2existing building, to be developed in an urban area, and 
3within safe walking distance to public transportation.