Present law requires the commissioner of commerce and insurance to require fire drills in educational occupancies. In educational occupancies where such occupancies constitute the major occupancy of a building, full evacuation fire drills must be held at least once every 30 school days, with two fire drills occurring during the first 30 full days of the school year. This bill provides, in the event that the above provisions conflict with local, county, city, or municipal law concerning the timeframe in which fire drills in educational occupancies must occur, the above provision controls. ON MARCH 24, 2025, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 346, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill and changes present law concerning the frequency of fire drills in educational occupancies to require that fire drills requiring full evacuation in educational occupancies where such occupancies constitute the major occupancy of a building must be conducted no more than once every 30 school days, EXCEPT that two fire drills requiring full evacuation in such educational occupancies, and no more than two such fire drills, must be conducted during the first 30 full school days of the school year. This amendment maintains the present law requirement that four fire safety educational announcements must be conducted throughout the school year.

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Introduced: 68-102-137