NY State Senate Bill S3620

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Jan 08, 2020	referred to education
Feb 11, 2019	referred to education

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S3620 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6234
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §409-m, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S6237, A6878
2023-2024: S5489

S3620 (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.

S3620 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S3620

SPONSOR: CARLUCCI
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
requiring panic alarms in schools

 
PURPOSE OF BILL:

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 and that the alarm will be directly linked to
local law enforcement.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends the education law by defining "emergency
light" and "panic alarm." This section also requires all public elemen-
tary and secondary public school buildings be equipped with at least one
panic alarm for use in school security that would.  be directly linked
to local law enforcement authorities.

Section two of the bill relates to the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill is in memory of Alyssa Alhadeff, a Bergen County, New Jersey
native from Woodcliff Lake who was among the 17 people who were killed
in the Parkland, Florida, shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School on Feb. 14, 201E. Alyssa's death is a stark reminder of the
dangers of gun violence and the need for adequate school security meas-
ures. The State Legislature needs to do everything in its power to
prevent these tragedies from occurring within our public schools.

This bill requires that all public elementary and secondary schools be
equipped with a panic alarm for use in a school security emergency
including, but not limited to, a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or
active shooter situation. The panic alarm, which will not be audible
within the school building, must be directly linked to law enforcement
authorities and must immediately transmit a signal or message to the
authorities upon activation. The bill defines "panic alarm" as a silent
security system signal generated by the manual activation of a device
intended to signal a life-threatening or emergency situation that
requires a response from law enforcement.  The bill also requires that
all public elementary and secondary schools be equipped with a red emer-
gency light that is affixed to the exterior of the school building in a
highly visible location above or near the front entrance visible from
the nearest public roadway or, if the school building is not visible
from the nearest public roadway, then on that roadway. The bill requires
that the emergency light be linked to the school's panic alarm so that
it turns on when the panic alarm is activated.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.

S3620 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3620

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 11, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed 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.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09825-01-9

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