Assembly Bill A6234

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires panic alarms in schools

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A6234 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3620
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §409-m, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A6878, S6237
2023-2024: S5489
2025-2026: S6410

2019-A6234 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that each public elementary and secondary school building shall be equipped with at least one panic alarm for use in a school security emergency including, but not limited to, a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or active shooter situation; defines terms; makes related provisions.

2019-A6234 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6234
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring panic alarms
   in schools
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  409-m
 to read as follows:
   §  409-M.  INSTALLATION OF PANIC ALARMS IN SCHOOLS. 1. AS USED IN THIS
 SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "EMERGENCY LIGHT" MEANS A RED LIGHT THAT IS AFFIXED TO THE EXTERI-
 OR OF A SCHOOL BUILDING IN A HIGHLY VISIBLE LOCATION ABOVE OR  NEAR  THE
 FRONT ENTRANCE OR, IN THE CASE OF A SCHOOL BUILDING WHICH IS NOT CLEARLY
 VISIBLE FROM THE NEAREST PUBLIC ROADWAY, LOCATED ON THAT PUBLIC ROADWAY.
   (B)  "PANIC  ALARM" MEANS A SILENT SECURITY SYSTEM SIGNAL GENERATED BY
 THE MANUAL ACTIVATION OF A DEVICE INTENDED TO SIGNAL A  LIFE-THREATENING
 OR EMERGENCY SITUATION REQUIRING A RESPONSE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT.
   2.  EACH  PUBLIC  ELEMENTARY  AND  SECONDARY  SCHOOL BUILDING SHALL BE
 EQUIPPED WITH AT LEAST ONE PANIC ALARM FOR  USE  IN  A  SCHOOL  SECURITY
 EMERGENCY  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO, A NON-FIRE EVACUATION, LOCK-
 DOWN, OR ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION. THE ALARM SHALL BE DIRECTLY LINKED TO
 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES OR, IN THE CASE OF A  SCHOOL  BUILDING
 LOCATED  IN A MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THERE IS NO MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPART-
 MENT, A LOCATION DESIGNATED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE  POLICE,  AND
 SHALL  IMMEDIATELY TRANSMIT A SIGNAL OR MESSAGE TO SUCH AUTHORITIES UPON
 ACTIVATION. THE ALARM SHALL NOT BE AUDIBLE WITHIN THE SCHOOL BUILDING.
   3. EACH PUBLIC ELEMENTARY  AND  SECONDARY  SCHOOL  BUILDING  SHALL  BE
 EQUIPPED  WITH  AN  EMERGENCY LIGHT THAT IS LINKED TO THE SCHOOL'S PANIC
 ALARM AND WHICH TURNS ON WHEN THE PANIC ALARM IS ACTIVATED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.

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