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Full Text of SB1371  101st General Assembly

SB1371sam002 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Chapin Rose

Filed: 4/5/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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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    (c) A school district must include the location of any door
6security locking means and must address the use of the locking
7and unlocking means from within and outside the room in its
8filed school safety plan under the School Safety Drill Act.
9Local law enforcement officials and the local fire department
10must be notified of the location of any door security locking
11means and how to disengage it. Any specific tool needed to
12disengage the door security locking means from the outside of
13the room must, upon request, be made available to local law
14enforcement officials and the local fire department.
15    (d) A door security locking means may be used only (i) by a
16school district employee trained under subsection (e), (ii)
17during an emergency that threatens the health and safety of
18students and employees or during an active shooter drill, and
19(iii) when local law enforcement officials and the local fire
20department have been notified of its installation prior to its
21use. The door security locking means must be engaged for a
22finite period of time in accordance with the school district's
23school safety plan adopted under the School Safety Drill Act.
24    (e) A school district that has installed a door security
25locking means shall conduct an in-service training program for
26school district employees on the proper use of the door

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1verifying the employees who have completed the program and
2must, upon request, provide the file to the local fire
3department and local law enforcement agency.
4    (f) A door security locking means that requires 2 releasing
5operations must be discontinued from use when the door is
6replaced or is a part of new construction. Replacement and new
7construction door hardware must include mortise locks,
8compliant with the applicable building code, and must be
9lockable from the occupied side without opening the door.
10However, mortise locks are not required if panic hardware or
11fire exit hardware is required.
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
132019.".