Legislative Bills

This bill:

▸ Requires key boxes for buildings with restricted access to have secure accountability procedures for keys;

▸ Amends the International Fire Code;

▸ Requires certain state buildings and schools to have emergency communication systems;

▸ Requires school resource officer training to be developed by the state security chief;

▸ Establishes duties of the state security chief and a county security chief in relation to school safety initiatives;

▸ Establishes a school guardian program;

▸ Requires threat reporting by state employees and others if they become aware of threats to schools;

▸ Establishes some reporting from the SafeUT Crisis Line to the state's intelligence databases;

▸ Requires certain school safety data to be included in the annual school disciplinary report;

▸ Expands requirements for school resource officer contracts and policies;

▸ Requires designation of certain school safety personnel;

▸ Requires panic alert devices and video camera access for schools and classrooms;

▸ Requires coordination of emergency call information with the state's intelligence system;

▸ Amends process for secure firearm storage under certain circumstances to include school guardians.

Creates a criminal offense of trafficking of fentanyl or a fentanyl-related substance

16          ▸     requires the board to publish the training and informational materials online;
17          ▸     requires a school coach to annually participate in the training;
18          ▸     allows a school to hold an informational meeting regarding warning signs of sudden
19     cardiac arrest before the beginning of an athletic season;
20          ▸     requires a student who participates in a school athletic activity and the student's
21     parent or guardian to sign an acknowledgment of receipt of information on the
22     warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest;
23          ▸     requires a coach and certain other individuals to remove a student from participation
24     in a school athletic activity if the student shows certain symptoms and limits the
25     liability of the coach or other individual for certain action or inaction;
26          ▸     requires a student who is removed from participation in a school athletic activity to
27     be evaluated by a physician before returning to participation;