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Senate approves SB 84 to give small businesses time to fix ADA construction issues before penalties
Summary
SB 84 would provide qualifying small businesses a 120‑day cure period to fix alleged construction‑related ADA access deficiencies before penalties or litigation proceed.
Senate Bill 84, authored by Senator Nilo, would give qualifying small businesses a 120‑day window to cure certain construction‑related accessibility deficiencies before statutory penalties or litigation can proceed. The sponsor said the measure balances the Americans with Disabilities Act’s civil‑rights purpose with protection for small enterprises vulnerable to repeated, often serial, lawsuits that can force settlements even where defects could be fixed quickly.
Senator Nilo described numerous examples — including spikes in litigation filings concentrated in a handful of plaintiff law firms and an…
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