2019 House Bill 4689 / 2020 Public Act 45

Allow school door barricades

Introduced in the House

June 5, 2019

Introduced by Rep. Scott VanSingel (R-100)

To allow temporary door locking devices on interior doors in school buildings subject to standards and notification requirements specified in the bill. State regulators would be required to create rules for this, and schools would need approval from regulators. Reportedly some 300 Michigan school districts have installed such devices in response to several school shootings in recent years.

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

Oct. 15, 2019

Reported without amendment

Refer to the Committee on Ways and Means with the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted.

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

Oct. 22, 2019

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Nov. 5, 2019

Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)

Received in the Senate

Nov. 7, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform

Dec. 11, 2019

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Feb. 11, 2020

Amendment offered

To establish "grandfathering" and approval provisions for devices the bill would regulate that have already been installed.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Feb. 13, 2020

Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)

To allow temporary door locking devices on interior doors in school buildings subject to standards and notification requirements specified in the bill. State regulators would be required to create rules for this, and schools would need approval from regulators. Reportedly some 300 Michigan school districts have installed such devices in response to several school shootings in recent years.

Received in the House

Feb. 18, 2020

Feb. 19, 2020

Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.

Feb. 20, 2020

Motion to reconsider by Rep. Triston Cole (R-105)

The vote by which the vote was passed.

The motion passed by voice vote

Received

Passed in the House 106 to 0 (details)

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill.

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

March 3, 2020