Amends the Illinois Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act. Provides that Local Emergency Planning Committees and the State Emergency Response Commission shall partner with schools and school districts regarding safety threats posed by storage and transport of hazardous substances near schools. Provides requirements for a comprehensive emergency response plan to go into effect. Details duties of the State Emergency Response Commission, working in consultation with Local Emergency Planning Committees and schools, with respect to planning and preparedness. Provides for rulemaking by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security. Directs the Illinois Emergency Response Commission and Local Emergency Response Committees to create a timeline for compliance with the requirements of the amendatory Act not to exceed 2 years. Defines terms.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Makes changes to defined terms. Includes incidents involving hazardous substances that may be transported by rail as evacuation incidents and severe weather and shelter-in-place incidents in provisions concerning safety drills. Includes a school building's hazardous substance release plan in the list of plans and procedures required to be reviewed at the public school district's annual meeting. Sets forth provisions concerning a hazardous substance release plan that is required to be distributed to all teachers, administrators, school support personnel, coaches, and other school staff identified by school administrators at each school. Provides that each school shall coordinate the development of a hazardous substance release plan with the local emergency management services and disaster agencies that are responsible for the political subdivision that covers the area in which the school is located. Makes other changes.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 3: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 2, and makes the following changes: Removes the definition of "route". Changes references from hazardous substance release plans to procedures. Makes changes to provide that evacuation incidents and severe weather and shelter-in-place incidents may include incidents involving the release or explosion of hazardous substances. Requires each school board to invite to each annual review the applicable emergency services and disaster agency or applicable local emergency planning committee. Replaces the provisions concerning a hazardous substance release plan with provisions concerning hazardous substance release guidance and procedures. Requires, by July 1, 2026, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security to develop and provide guidance to all local emergency planning committees, emergency services and disaster agencies, and school districts in the State specifically related to the potential impact to school districts of a release or explosion of a hazardous substance resulting from storage or rail transport; sets forth what the guidance must include. Requires, by July 1, 2027, each school district to develop procedures for each of its schools to address the release or explosion of a hazardous substance based on the guidance. Provides that each school district shall make available to all school personnel relevant and appropriate information related to the procedures.
House Committee Amendment No. 2: Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as engrossed and as amended by House Amendment No. 1, but provides that a school district is not required to develop procedures until the school year following when the publication of guidance is made available (instead of until guidance is made available) on the website of the State Board of Education.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 430 ILCS 100/20
Engrossed: 105 ILCS 128/5, 105 ILCS 128/10, 105 ILCS 128/15, 105 ILCS 128/25, 105 ILCS 128/65
Enrolled: 105 ILCS 128/5, 105 ILCS 128/10, 105 ILCS 128/15, 105 ILCS 128/25, 105 ILCS 128/65