Legislative Updates

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New York S 7262 – Tax Credit – Budget and Revenue Committee
Would create a retrofit tax credit for owners of buildings containing medical offices that install automatic swinging door opening systems.
STATUS: Introduced
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7262
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  H.R.2749 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit for certain home accessibility improvements (S. 1315 Companion Bill)
This bill does not specifically mention automatic doors and applies to residential accessibility improvements.
STATUS: No Movement
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2749
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California SB 84 – Disability access: construction-related accessibility claims: notice of violation and opportunity to correct – Judiciary and Appropriations Committees
Statutory damages may be recovered in a construction-related accessibility claim against a place of public accommodation only if a violation or violations of one or more construction-related accessibility standards denied the plaintiff full and equal access to the place of public accommodation on a particular occasion.
STATUS: No Movement
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB84&showamends=false
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  H.R. 1634 - ThinkDIFFERENTLY About Disability Employment Act – Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to (1) provide assistance to individuals with disabilities who desire to become entrepreneurs or to be self-employed, (2) help individuals with disabilities find employment at small businesses; and (3) assist small businesses with hiring such individuals and with accessibility issues applicable to such individuals.
The SBA must conduct outreach and education about such activities.
STATUS: No Movement
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1634?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22H.R.+1634%22%7D&s=2&r=10
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Maryland SB 0851 – Public Schools – Individuals with Disabilities – Main Entrance Accessibility – Education, Energy and the Environment Committee
By September 1, 2025, each county school board is required to publish on its website and report to the General Assembly on the number of public school main entrances that are not accessible for individuals with disabilities.
STATUS: No movement
https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0851?ys=2025RS
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  H.R. 1621 – Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Reporting Act of 2025 – Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to assess and report on the challenges that entrepreneurs with a disability encounter in starting and operating a business, including any recommendations for legislative actions to address those challenges.
STATUS: No Movement
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1621?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22Disability%22%7D&s=1&r=11
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Massachusetts H 4077 – An Act Mandating Retrofitting Accessibility for all Medical Facilities –Joint Committee on Public Health
The department shall promulgate regulations to provide criteria for the necessity of physical accessibility enhancements and minimum standards for such enhancements, which shall include requirements for: (i) the installation of automatic doors; (ii) the use of chairs with handles; (iii) the construction or retrofitting of wider hallways; (iv) the installation of railings in bathrooms; and (v) any other alterations or upgrades that the department deems necessary to enhancing the physical accessibility of facilities.
STATUS: Committee report on House hearing expected by October 21, 2025
https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4077
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  Senate Concurrent Resolution 19 – Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people in the United States but particularly people with disabilities.
STATUS: No Movement
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Nebraska LB 611 – Adoption of Updates to Building Codes – Urban Affairs Committee
NB LB 611 asks for the adoption of building code updates issued by the International Code Council. There are some exceptions but they are not relevant for AAADM’s purposes.
STATUS: No Movement
https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/109/PDF/Intro/LB611.pdf
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  House Concurrent Resodlution 45 – Committee on Education and Workforce; Committee on the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure
Recognizing the need to improve physical access to many federally funded facilities for all people of the United States, particularly people with disabilities.
STATUS: No Movement
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Maryland SB 0851 – Public Schools – Individuals with Disabilities – Main Entrance Accessibility – Education, Energy and the Environment Committee
By September 1, 2025, each county school board is required to publish on its website and report to the General Assembly on the number of public school main entrances that are not accessible for individuals with disabilities.
STATUS: No movement
https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0851?ys=2025RS
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  NOTE: Both concurrent resolutions specifically mention automatic doors. "Whereas, in the 35 years since Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), there have been unprecedented advances in all forms of technology, typified by automatic doors…"
     

 

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