PRINTER'S NO. 1711
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.1458
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY SANCHEZ, GIRAL, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, BURGOS, MALAGARI,
HILL-EVANS, KENYATTA AND GREEN, MAY 13, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, MAY 13, 2025
AN ACT
Providing for duty to place shopping cart corrals near parking
spaces reserved for individuals with disabilities and for
enforcement.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Accessibility
to Shopping Cart Corrals Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Parking area." A lot or other property provided by a retail
establishment for the use of customers to park automobiles or
other vehicles while doing business in that establishment.
"Shopping cart." A basket which is mounted on wheels, or a
similar device, generally used in a retail establishment by a
customer for the purpose of transporting goods of any kind .
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18 Section 3. Duty to place shopping cart corrals near parking
spaces reserved for individuals with disabilities.
(a) Duty.--A retail establishment that provides shopping
carts for use by customers shall place a shopping cart corral or
cart collection system in the retail establishment's parking
area within 20 feet of each parking space reserved for
individuals with disabilities as required by the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-336, 104 Stat. 327).
(b) Construction.-- Nothing in this section shall be
construed to prevent a retail establishment from relocating a
shopping cart corral or cart collection system constructed
before the effective date of this subsection or constructing an
additional shopping cart corral or cart collection system on or
after the effective date of this subsection to comply with the
requirements of subsection (a).
Section 4. Enforcement.
An individual aggrieved by a violation of section 3(a) may
bring a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction to
enforce compliance with section 3(a) and obtain injunctive
relief or other appropriate relief.
Section 5. Effective date.
This act shall take effect in 180 days.
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