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Full Text of SB1371  101st General Assembly

SB1371sam001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Chapin Rose

Filed: 4/3/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1371

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1371 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
510-20.69 and 34-18.61 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 new)
7    Sec. 10-20.69. Door security locking means.
8    (a) In this Section, "door security locking means" means a
9door locking means intended for use by a trained school
10district employee in a school building for the purpose of
11preventing both ingress and egress through a door of the
12building.
13    (b) A school district may install a door security locking
14means on a door of a school building to prevent unwanted entry
15through the door if all of the following requirements are met:
16        (1) The door security locking means can be engaged

 

 

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1    without opening the door.
2        (2) The unlocking and unlatching of the door security
3    locking means from the occupied side of the door can be
4    accomplished without the use of a key or tool.
5        (3) Locks, if remotely engaged, can be unlocked from
6    the occupied side.
7        (4) The door security locking means is capable of being
8    disengaged from the outside by school district employees,
9    and school district employees may use a key or other
10    credentials to unlock the door from the outside.
11        (5) The door security locking means does not modify the
12    door-closing hardware, panic hardware, or fire exit
13    hardware.
14        (6) Any bolts, stops, brackets, or pins employed by the
15    door security locking means do not affect the fire rating
16    of a fire door assembly.
17        (7) School district employees are trained in the
18    engagement and release of the door security locking means,
19    from within and outside the room, as part of the emergency
20    response plan.
21        (8) For doors installed before July 1, 2019 only, the
22    unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking means
23    requires no more than 2 releasing operations. For doors
24    installed on or after July 1, 2019, the unlocking and
25    unlatching of a door security locking means requires no
26    more than one releasing operation. If doors installed

 

 

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1    before July 1, 2019 are replaced on or after July 1, 2019,
2    the unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking
3    means on the replacement door requires no more than one
4    releasing operation.
5        (9) The door security locking means is no more than 48
6    inches above the finished floor.
7    (c) A school district must include the location of any door
8security locking means and must address the use of the locking
9and unlocking means from within and outside the room in its
10filed school safety plan under the School Safety Drill Act.
11Local law enforcement officials and the local fire department
12must be notified of the location of any door security locking
13means and how to disengage it. Any specific tool needed to
14disengage the door security locking means from the outside of
15the room must, upon request, be made available to local law
16enforcement officials and the local fire department.
17    (d) A door security locking means may be used only (i) by a
18school district employee trained under subsection (e), (ii)
19during an emergency that threatens the health and safety of
20students and employees or during an active shooter drill, and
21(iii) when local law enforcement officials and the local fire
22department have been notified of its installation prior to its
23use. The door security locking means must be engaged for a
24finite period of time in accordance with the school district's
25school safety plan adopted under the School Safety Drill Act.
26    (e) A school district that has installed a door security

 

 

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1locking means shall conduct an in-service training program for
2school district employees on the proper use of the door
3security locking means. The school district shall keep a file
4verifying the employees who have completed the program and
5must, upon request, provide the file to its regional office of
6education and the local fire department and local law
7enforcement agency.
8    (f) A door security locking means that requires 2 releasing
9operations must be discontinued from use when the door is
10replaced or is a part of new construction. Replacement and new
11construction door hardware must include mortise locks,
12compliant with the applicable building code, and must be
13lockable from the occupied side without opening the door.
14However, mortise locks are not required if panic hardware or
15fire exit hardware is required.
 
16    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 new)
17    Sec. 34-18.61. Door security locking means.
18    (a) In this Section, "door security locking means" means a
19door locking means intended for use by a trained school
20district employee in a school building for the purpose of
21preventing both ingress and egress through a door of the
22building.
23    (b) The school district may install a door security locking
24means on a door of a school building to prevent unwanted entry
25through the door if all of the following requirements are met:

 

 

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1        (1) The door security locking means can be engaged
2    without opening the door.
3        (2) The unlocking and unlatching of the door security
4    locking means from the occupied side of the door can be
5    accomplished without the use of a key or tool.
6        (3) Locks, if remotely engaged, can be unlocked from
7    the occupied side.
8        (4) The door security locking means is capable of being
9    disengaged from the outside by school district employees,
10    and school district employees may use a key or other
11    credentials to unlock the door from the outside.
12        (5) The door security locking means does not modify the
13    door-closing hardware, panic hardware, or fire exit
14    hardware.
15        (6) Any bolts, stops, brackets, or pins employed by the
16    door security locking means do not affect the fire rating
17    of a fire door assembly.
18        (7) School district employees are trained in the
19    engagement and release of the door security locking means,
20    from within and outside the room, as part of the emergency
21    response plan.
22        (8) For doors installed before July 1, 2019 only, the
23    unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking means
24    requires no more than 2 releasing operations. For doors
25    installed on or after July 1, 2019, the unlocking and
26    unlatching of a door security locking means requires no

 

 

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1    more than one releasing operation. If doors installed
2    before July 1, 2019 are replaced on or after July 1, 2019,
3    the unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking
4    means on the replacement door requires no more than one
5    releasing operation.
6        (9) The door security locking means is no more than 48
7    inches above the finished floor.
8    (c) The school district must include the location of any
9door security locking means and must address the use of the
10locking and unlocking means from within and outside the room in
11its filed school safety plan under the School Safety Drill Act.
12Local law enforcement officials and the local fire department
13must be notified of the location of any door security locking
14means and how to disengage it. Any specific tool needed to
15disengage the door security locking means from the outside of
16the room must, upon request, be made available to local law
17enforcement officials and the local fire department.
18    (d) A door security locking means may be used only (i) by a
19school district employee trained under subsection (e), (ii)
20during an emergency that threatens the health and safety of
21students and employees or during an active shooter drill, and
22(iii) when local law enforcement officials and the local fire
23department have been notified of its installation prior to its
24use. The door security locking means must be engaged for a
25finite period of time in accordance with the school district's
26school safety plan adopted under the School Safety Drill Act.

 

 

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1    (e) If the school district installs a door security locking
2means, it must conduct an in-service training program for
3school district employees on the proper use of the door
4security locking means. The school district shall keep a file
5verifying the employees who have completed the program and
6must, upon request, provide the file to the local fire
7department and local law enforcement agency.
8    (f) A door security locking means that requires 2 releasing
9operations must be discontinued from use when the door is
10replaced or is a part of new construction. Replacement and new
11construction door hardware must include mortise locks,
12compliant with the applicable building code, and must be
13lockable from the occupied side without opening the door.
14However, mortise locks are not required if panic hardware or
15fire exit hardware is required.
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
172019.".