Bill Requiring Elevators in New Residential Buildings Proposed in Pennsylvania

Two Pennsylvania lawmakers are proposing a bill that would require all new multi-story residential buildings to have elevators, ABC 27 News reports. State Reps. Brian Munroe (D-Bucks) and Greg Scott (D-Montgomery) say the bill would require new apartments and condominiums to have no fewer than two elevators. The bill came after a resident complained of a building with an ongoing elevator outage that caused older and disabled residents to use the stairs. The new bill would also require buildings to have at least one of the two elevators be operational barring a loss of power out of the owner’s control.