SCHOOL DOOR LOCKING DEVICES H.B. 5701:
SUMMARY OF HOUSE-PASSED BILL
IN COMMITTEE
House Bill 5701 (as passed by the House)
Sponsor: Representative Scott VanSingel
House Committee: Regulatory Reform
Senate Committee: Education and Career Readiness
CONTENT
The bill would amend Public Act 306 of 1937, which governs the construction, reconstruction, and remodeling of school buildings, to specify that the administrative authority of a school building would not have to provide the Department of Licensing Regulatory Affairs (LARA) or enforcing agency construction documents that were sealed and signed by a licensed architect or licensed professional engineer before newly installing a temporary door locking device or system in a school building or receiving approval for an existing device or system that was installed before June 1, 2020, and to modify other requirements pertaining to those devices and systems.
Generally, the Act requires the administrative authority of a school building, when installing a temporary locking device or system, to undertake certain duties and to submit to the enforcing agency drawings, diagrams, and installation requirements for plan review, among other things. The bill instead would require two copies of those materials to be submitted. In addition, the bill specifies that these requirements would apply except as described below.
(Under the Act, "enforcing agency" means the government agency that is responsible for administration and enforcement of the State Single Construction Code Act within a governmental subdivision.)
If a school building has an existing temporary door locking device or system that was installed before June 1, 2020, the enforcing agency must approve the device if, among other things, within 90 days after June 1, 2020, the school building's administrative authority submits to the enforcing agency drawings, diagrams, and installation instructions showing that the device or system meets the Act's requirements. Under the bill, this approval would apply except as provided below. In addition, two copies of these documents would have to be submitted within one year after June 1, 2020.
Under the bill, notwithstanding any rules, regulations, or guidelines promulgated by LARA to the contrary, an administrative authority of a school building would not have to provide to LARA or the enforcing agency construction documents that were sealed and signed by a licensed architect or licensed professional engineer in accordance with Article 20 of the Occupational Code before newly installing a temporary door locking device or system in a school building or receiving approval for an existing temporary door locking device or system that was installed in a school building before June 1, 2020. (Article 20 of the Occupational Code governs the educational and career requirements of licensed architects and licensed professional engineers.)
The Act prohibits a locking device or system from being installed in a room with a capacity of more than 50 people. The bill would remove this language.
MCL 388.851d Legislative Analyst: Eleni Lionas
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government
Fiscal Analyst: Elizabeth Raczkowski
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.