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Testimony backs bill requiring armchairs or on‑site armchairs at restaurants to aid diners with mobility needs
Summary
Sen. Lovely and a constituent urged the committee to require restaurants to have at least 5 percent of seating with arms (or armchairs available on request) so patrons with mobility impairments can sit and rise safely; a constituent said the absence of armchairs ended her son's ability to dine out.
Senators and a constituent told the joint committee that Senate Bill 158, which would require restaurants and places open to the public that serve food to have at least 5 percent of chairs with arms or armchairs available on site by request, would address a common mobility and safety problem…
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