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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 95
BY REPRESENTATIVE STUART BISHOP
CONGRESS: Memorializes congress to expand the Americans with Disabilities Act to
require arm chairs
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to require2
places of public accommodation and commercial facilities be equipped for persons3
who need assistance rising from the seated position.4
WHEREAS, Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.5
12181) requires places of public accommodation and commercial facilities to be designed,6
constructed, and altered in compliance with the accessibility standards established by federal7
regulation; and8
WHEREAS, as our population ages and our veterans return home from overseas,9
there is a growing population who are unable to rise from the seated position without10
physical hands-on assistance from others, including strangers; and11
WHEREAS, the need to require assistance from others to complete the task of rising12
from a seated position robs persons of their independence and dignity; and13
WHEREAS, if seating accommodations were to be equipped with raised arms or14
parts from which a person could push when rising then this would eliminate the need for15
persons to obtain assistance from others.16
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby17
memorialize the United States Congress to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of18
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181) or to take such actions as are necessary to require that places of19
public accommodation and commercial facilities be equipped with seating for persons who20
are unable to rise from a seated position without assistance.21 HLS 14RS-520 ORIGINAL
HCR NO. 95
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the1
presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of the2
United States of America and to each member of the Louisiana congressional delegation.3
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Stuart Bishop HCR No. 95
Memorializes the United States Congress to amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990 (42 U.S.C. 12181) or to take such actions as are necessary to require that places of
public accommodation and commercial facilities be equipped with seating for persons who
are unable to rise from a seated position without assistance.