Call for City of Chicago to develop Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) transition plan in accordance with requirements of ADA

Votes › Pedestrian and Traffic Safety › 1st Ward: Daniel La Spata

• Record number: SOr2026-0023422
• Type: Order; category: Committee/Public Hearings
• Status: Final
• Sponsor: Daniel La Spata (1st Ward)
• Co-sponsors (21): Felix Cardona Jr. (31st Ward), Angela Clay (46th Ward), William Conway (34th Ward), Ruth Cruz (30th Ward), Jessica L. Fuentes (26th Ward), Maria E. Hadden (49th Ward), Brian Hopkins (2nd Ward), Timothy R. Knudsen (43rd Ward), Bennett R. Lawson (44th Ward), Nicole T. Lee (11th Ward), Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th Ward), Matthew J. Martin (47th Ward), Anthony J. Quezada (35th Ward), Julia M. Ramirez (12th Ward), Michael D. Rodriguez (22nd Ward), Byron Sigcho-López (25th Ward), Nicholas Sposato (38th Ward), Andre Vasquez Jr. (40th Ward), Gilbert Villegas (36th Ward), Scott Waguespack (32nd Ward), Desmon C. Yancy (5th Ward)
• Committee: Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
• Introduction Date: Feb 18, 2026
• Final Action Date: Jun 17, 2026
• Official record: Office of the City Clerk

Roll call: Passed Jun 17, 2026

49 yea, 0 nay, 1 absent. On motion of Alderperson LaSpata, and unsuccessful motion to reconsider by Alderperson Mitchell, the matter was Passed. Voted at the City Council meeting of Jun 17, 2026.

Yea (49): Daniel La Spata (1), Brian Hopkins (2), Pat Dowell (3), Lamont J. Robinson (4), Desmon C. Yancy (5), William E. Hall (6), Gregory I. Mitchell (7), Michelle A. Harris (8), Anthony Beale (9), Peter Chico (10), Nicole T. Lee (11), Julia M. Ramirez (12), Marty Quinn (13), Jeylú B. Gutiérrez (14), Raymond A. Lopez (15), Stephanie D. Coleman (16), David H. Moore (17), Derrick G. Curtis (18), Matthew J. O'Shea (19), Jeanette B. Taylor (20), Ronnie L. Mosley (21), Michael D. Rodriguez (22), Silvana Tabares (23), Monique L. Scott (24), Byron Sigcho-López (25), Jessica L. Fuentes (26), Walter R. Burnett (27), Jason C. Ervin (28), Chris Taliaferro (29), Ruth Cruz (30), Felix Cardona Jr. (31), Scott Waguespack (32), Rossana Rodríguez Sánchez (33), William Conway (34), Anthony J. Quezada (35), Emma Mitts (37), Nicholas Sposato (38), Samantha Nugent (39), Andre Vasquez Jr. (40), Anthony V. Napolitano (41), Brendan Reilly (42), Timothy R. Knudsen (43), Bennett R. Lawson (44), James M. Gardiner (45), Angela Clay (46), Matthew J. Martin (47), Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48), Maria E. Hadden (49), Debra L. Silverstein (50)

Absent (1): Gilbert Villegas (36)

Plain-language summary

Written by AI (claude-opus-5-5) from the ordinance text only: SOr2026-0023422 Substitute Order v1.pdf. AI can make mistakes; the official document always wins.

This order asks the City of Chicago to create an ADA transition plan, which is a plan for finding and removing barriers that make public places and streets hard for people with disabilities to use. The plan must be made with help from city departments like the Mayor's Office, the Chicago Department of Transportation, and the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities. City departments would report on their progress every 6 months until the plan is published.

• Title II of the ADA requires public entities with more than 50 employees to create a transition plan for public facilities and the public right of way.
• The order notes that governments with 50 or more employees were required to develop a transition plan by July 26, 1992.
• A transition plan must name responsible officials, list barriers, set a schedule to remove them, describe methods for making facilities accessible, and allow community input.
• The Mayor's Office, the Chicago Department of Transportation, and the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities are among the departments named to take part.
• Departments must report every 6 months to the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety (or a joint committee) until the plan is published.

Who: People with disabilities in Chicago and the city departments responsible for creating and reporting on the plan are affected.

Where: Citywide (Chicago); sponsored by Alderman Daniel La Spata, 1st Ward

Impact report

Written by AI from the official document. AI can make mistakes; the official document always wins.

The City Council would order the City of Chicago to create an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) transition plan for public facilities and the public right of way, with progress reports every 6 months until the plan is published.

Who it affects

• People with disabilities: The plan would list barriers to access in public facilities and the public way and set a schedule for removing them.
• Community members and disability advocates: ADA transition plans must give them chances to take part in developing the plan.
• Chicago Department of Transportation: It would take part in developing the ADA transition plan.
• Mayor's Office and Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities: They would take part in developing the ADA transition plan.
• City departments involved in the plan: They would report on progress to the Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety, or a joint committee, every 6 months until the plan is published.

What changes

• The City would develop an ADA transition plan following ADA requirements.
• The plan would name the official(s) responsible for carrying it out.
• The plan would include a list of barriers to access in the public way and a schedule for removing them.
• The plan would describe methods to make facilities accessible.
• City departments would give progress reports every 6 months until the plan is published.

Where: 1st Ward; Public right of way in the City of Chicago

Timeline

• Feb 18, 2026: Referred, City Council. The matter was Referred to Committee.
• Jun 9, 2026: Substituted, Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety. The matter was substituted in Committee.
• Jun 9, 2026: Recommended to Pass, Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety. The matter was recommended to Pass by controlling legislative body.
• Jun 17, 2026: Passed, City Council (49 yea, 0 nay), at the City Council meeting. On motion of Alderperson LaSpata, and unsuccessful motion to reconsider by Alderperson Mitchell, the matter was Passed.

Documents

• SOr2026-0023422 Substitute Order v1.pdf (Legislation)
• SOr2026-0023422 Substitute Order FINAL.pdf (Legislation)
• w1others - or23362.pdf (Legislation)

Lobbying and money

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Who lobbied on it

• Access Living Of Metropolitan Chicago: IMPROVE AND PRIORITIZE ACCESSIBILITY, PARTICULARLY IN REGARDS TO HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION. CONSIDER AN ADA TRANSITION PLAN (1 filing, Apr 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026; Laura Saltzman; matched by semantic embedding)

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