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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:
| | | 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. |
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| | SB3644 | | LRB104 18828 TRT 32273 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning safety.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Rooftop Safety for First Responders Act is |
| 5 | | amended by changing Section 15 as follows:
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| 6 | | (430 ILCS 180/15) |
| 7 | | Sec. 15. Survey. |
| 8 | | (a) No later than January 1, 2027, and every 2 years |
| 9 | | thereafter, each municipality shall complete a survey of new |
| 10 | | buildings in its jurisdiction that have skylights and other |
| 11 | | openings located in the plane of a low-sloped roof. |
| 12 | | (a-5) Within one year after the effective date of this |
| 13 | | amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, each |
| 14 | | municipality shall develop a methodology to collect data |
| 15 | | regarding the presence of skylights and other openings in the |
| 16 | | plane of low-sloped roofs of existing buildings by examining |
| 17 | | building permits and collecting information during required |
| 18 | | inspections of those properties. |
| 19 | | (b) The results of the survey shall be reported in a |
| 20 | | building inventory that shall be shared with local police |
| 21 | | departments and local fire departments. |
| 22 | | (c) In counties with a population greater than 1,000,000, |
| 23 | | the results of the survey shall be shared with local police |