Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of SB3644

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB3644

Introduced 2/5/2026, by Sen. Mike Porfirio

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

430 ILCS 180/15

Amends the Rooftop Safety for First Responders Act. Provides that, no later than January 1, 2027, and every 2 years thereafter, each municipality shall complete a survey of new commercial buildings (rather than just a survey of buildings) in its jurisdiction that have skylights and other openings located in the plane of a low-sloped roof. Provides that, within one year after the effective date of the amendatory Act, each municipality shall develop a methodology to collect data regarding the presence of skylights and other openings in the plane of low-sloped roofs of existing buildings by examining building permits and collecting information during required inspections of those properties.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning safety.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Rooftop Safety for First Responders Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows:

(430 ILCS 180/15)

Sec. 15. Survey.

(a) No later than January 1, 2027, and every 2 years thereafter, each municipality shall complete a survey of new buildings in its jurisdiction that have skylights and other openings located in the plane of a low-sloped roof.

(a-5) Within one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, each municipality shall develop a methodology to collect data regarding the presence of skylights and other openings in the plane of low-sloped roofs of existing buildings by examining building permits and collecting information during required inspections of those properties.

(b) The results of the survey shall be reported in a building inventory that shall be shared with local police departments and local fire departments.

(c) In counties with a population greater than 1,000,000, the results of the survey shall be shared with local police departments and local fire departments and shall be stored in all computer-aided dispatch systems.

(Source: P.A. 104-121, eff. 1-1-26.)