Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
Filed: 3/20/2019
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 191
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 191 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Safe | ||||||
5 | Spaces in Public Places Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | ||||||
7 | "Board" means the Board of Higher Education. | ||||||
8 | "Institution of higher learning" has the meaning given to | ||||||
9 | that term under the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. | ||||||
10 | "Public entrance" means the main entrance to each building, | ||||||
11 | gymnasium, or football stadium of an institution of higher | ||||||
12 | learning. "Public entrance" does not include a service | ||||||
13 | entrance, secondary door, or bus loading zone entrance. | ||||||
14 | Section 10. Metal detector pilot program. | ||||||
15 | (a) Subject to appropriation, beginning with the 2020-2021 |
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1 | academic year, the Board must develop and implement a metal | ||||||
2 | detector pilot program for each public university that includes | ||||||
3 | the use of walk-through metal detectors at the university's | ||||||
4 | public entrances. | ||||||
5 | (b) The Board of Higher Education shall, subject to | ||||||
6 | appropriation, make grants available to each institution of | ||||||
7 | higher learning to assist in the purchase and operation of | ||||||
8 | walk-through metal detectors under this Act. | ||||||
9 | Section 50. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
10 | 2-3.176 as follows: | ||||||
11 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 2-3.176. Metal detector pilot program. | ||||||
13 | (a) In this Section, "public entrance" means the main | ||||||
14 | entrance of a school building, gymnasium, or football stadium. | ||||||
15 | "Public entrance" does not include a service entrance, | ||||||
16 | secondary door, or school bus loading zone entrance. | ||||||
17 | (b) Subject to appropriation, beginning with the 2020-2021 | ||||||
18 | school year, the State Board of Education must develop and | ||||||
19 | implement a metal detector pilot program for school districts | ||||||
20 | to install and operate walk-through metal detectors at the | ||||||
21 | public entrances of schools and at school sporting events. | ||||||
22 | (c) In consultation and cooperation with the State Board of | ||||||
23 | Education, the Department of State Police shall provide | ||||||
24 | training to school district employees in the use of |
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1 | walk-through metal detectors and the protocol for responding if | ||||||
2 | contraband is detected with the use of a walk-through metal | ||||||
3 | detector. | ||||||
4 | (d) The State Board of Education shall, subject to | ||||||
5 | appropriation, make grants available to a school district to | ||||||
6 | assist in the purchase and operation of walk-through metal | ||||||
7 | detectors under this Section. | ||||||
8 | Section 55. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding | ||||||
9 | Section 7.7 as follows: | ||||||
10 | (210 ILCS 85/7.7 new) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 7.7. Metal detectors required. | ||||||
12 | (a) In this Section, "point of entry" means an entrance | ||||||
13 | accessible to the public. "Point of entry" does not include an | ||||||
14 | ambulance entrance. | ||||||
15 | (b) Beginning on January 1, 2020, a hospital licensed under | ||||||
16 | this Act shall implement and maintain a security screening | ||||||
17 | program for the use of walk-through metal detectors at the | ||||||
18 | hospital's points of entry to secure those entrances.
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law.".
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