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Full Text of SB1371  101st General Assembly

SB1371ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Dan Brady

Filed: 5/3/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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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 ingress through a door of the building.
12    (b) A school district may install a door security locking
13means on a door of a school building to prevent unwanted entry
14through the door if all of the following requirements are met:
15        (1) The door security locking means can be engaged
16    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) The door security locking means complies with all
5    applicable State and federal accessibility requirements.
6        (4) Locks, if remotely engaged, can be unlocked from
7    the occupied side.
8        (5) 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        (6) The door security locking means does not modify the
13    door-closing hardware, panic hardware, or fire exit
14    hardware.
15        (7) 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        (8) 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        (9) 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        (10) The door security locking means is no more than 48
7    inches above the finished floor.
8        (11) The door security locking means otherwise
9    complies with the school building code prepared by the
10    State Board of Education under Section 2-3.12.
11    A school district may install a door security locking means
12that does not comply with paragraph (3) or (10) of this
13subsection if (i) the school district meets all other
14requirements under this subsection and (ii) prior to its
15installation, local law enforcement officials, the local fire
16department, and the school board agree, in writing, to the
17installation and use of the door security locking means. The
18school district must keep the agreement on file and must, upon
19request, provide the agreement to its regional office of
20education. The agreement must be included in the school
21district's filed school safety plan under the School Safety
22Drill Act.
23    (c) A school district must include the location of any door
24security locking means and must address the use of the locking
25and unlocking means from within and outside the room in its
26filed school safety plan under the School Safety Drill Act.

 

 

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1Local law enforcement officials and the local fire department
2must be notified of the location of any door security locking
3means and how to disengage it. Any specific tool needed to
4disengage the door security locking means from the outside of
5the room must, upon request, be made available to local law
6enforcement officials and the local fire department.
7    (d) A door security locking means may be used only (i) by a
8school district employee trained under subsection (e), (ii)
9during an emergency that threatens the health and safety of
10students and employees or during an active shooter drill, and
11(iii) when local law enforcement officials and the local fire
12department have been notified of its installation prior to its
13use. The door security locking means must be engaged for a
14finite period of time in accordance with the school district's
15school safety plan adopted under the School Safety Drill Act.
16    (e) A school district that has installed a door security
17locking means shall conduct an in-service training program for
18school district employees on the proper use of the door
19security locking means. The school district shall keep a file
20verifying the employees who have completed the program and
21must, upon request, provide the file to its regional office of
22education and the local fire department and local law
23enforcement agency.
24    (f) A door security locking means that requires 2 releasing
25operations must be discontinued from use when the door is
26replaced or is a part of new construction. Replacement and new

 

 

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1construction door hardware must include mortise locks,
2compliant with the applicable building code, and must be
3lockable from the occupied side without opening the door.
4However, mortise locks are not required if panic hardware or
5fire exit hardware is required.
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 new)
7    Sec. 34-18.61. 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 ingress through a door of the building.
12    (b) The school district may install a door security locking
13means on a door of a school building to prevent unwanted entry
14through the door if all of the following requirements are met:
15        (1) The door security locking means can be engaged
16    without opening the door.
17        (2) The unlocking and unlatching of the door security
18    locking means from the occupied side of the door can be
19    accomplished without the use of a key or tool.
20        (3) The door security locking means complies with all
21    applicable State and federal accessibility requirements.
22        (4) Locks, if remotely engaged, can be unlocked from
23    the occupied side.
24        (5) The door security locking means is capable of being
25    disengaged from the outside by school district employees,

 

 

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1    and school district employees may use a key or other
2    credentials to unlock the door from the outside.
3        (6) The door security locking means does not modify the
4    door-closing hardware, panic hardware, or fire exit
5    hardware.
6        (7) Any bolts, stops, brackets, or pins employed by the
7    door security locking means do not affect the fire rating
8    of a fire door assembly.
9        (8) School district employees are trained in the
10    engagement and release of the door security locking means,
11    from within and outside the room, as part of the emergency
12    response plan.
13        (9) For doors installed before July 1, 2019 only, the
14    unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking means
15    requires no more than 2 releasing operations. For doors
16    installed on or after July 1, 2019, the unlocking and
17    unlatching of a door security locking means requires no
18    more than one releasing operation. If doors installed
19    before July 1, 2019 are replaced on or after July 1, 2019,
20    the unlocking and unlatching of a door security locking
21    means on the replacement door requires no more than one
22    releasing operation.
23        (10) The door security locking means is no more than 48
24    inches above the finished floor.
25        (11) The door security locking means otherwise
26    complies with the school building code prepared by the

 

 

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1    State Board of Education under Section 2-3.12.
2    The school district may install a door security locking
3means that does not comply with paragraph (3) or (10) of this
4subsection if (i) the school district meets all other
5requirements under this subsection and (ii) prior to its
6installation, local law enforcement officials, the local fire
7department, and the board agree, in writing, to the
8installation and use of the door security locking means. The
9school district must keep the agreement on file and must, upon
10request, provide the agreement to the State Board of Education.
11The agreement must be included in the school district's filed
12school safety plan under the School Safety Drill Act.
13    (c) The school district must include the location of any
14door security locking means and must address the use of the
15locking and unlocking means from within and outside the room in
16its filed school safety plan under the School Safety Drill Act.
17Local law enforcement officials and the local fire department
18must be notified of the location of any door security locking
19means and how to disengage it. Any specific tool needed to
20disengage the door security locking means from the outside of
21the room must, upon request, be made available to local law
22enforcement officials and the local fire department.
23    (d) A door security locking means may be used only (i) by a
24school district employee trained under subsection (e), (ii)
25during an emergency that threatens the health and safety of
26students and employees or during an active shooter drill, and

 

 

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1(iii) when local law enforcement officials and the local fire
2department have been notified of its installation prior to its
3use. The door security locking means must be engaged for a
4finite period of time in accordance with the school district's
5school safety plan adopted under the School Safety Drill Act.
6    (e) If the school district installs a door security locking
7means, it must conduct an in-service training program for
8school district employees on the proper use of the door
9security locking means. The school district shall keep a file
10verifying the employees who have completed the program and
11must, upon request, provide the file to the local fire
12department and local law enforcement agency.
13    (f) A door security locking means that requires 2 releasing
14operations must be discontinued from use when the door is
15replaced or is a part of new construction. Replacement and new
16construction door hardware must include mortise locks,
17compliant with the applicable building code, and must be
18lockable from the occupied side without opening the door.
19However, mortise locks are not required if panic hardware or
20fire exit hardware is required.
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
222019.".