republic-os/legislation/us/states/il/94th/hb-2693.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "SCHOOL SAFETY DRILL ACT"
description: "Creates the School Safety Drill Act to establish minimum requirements and standards for public and private schools to follow when conducting school safety drills and reviewing school emergency and crisis response plans. Sets forth the types and number of school safety drills that schools are required to conduct each academic year and provides for emergency responder participation. Allows schools to conduct additional safety drills. Sets forth the incidents addressed by each type of safety drill. Contains provisions concerning an annual review, reporting, duties of the State Fire Marshal, regional superintendents, and the State Board of Education, a reporting and recording mechanism for fires, immunity, and the establishment of common rules. Repeals certain Sections concerning school safety drills, plans, audits, and courses. Repeals the Fire Drill Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective June 1, 2005."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "94th"
identifier: "HB 2693"
citation: "Illinois HB 2693 (94th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2005-02-22"
last_action: "2005-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e931ac5d-219f-4a70-a77f-b4de6027ec2e"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2693&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=18706&SessionID=50&GA=94"
source_hash: "95e98726ec3894f7ce850322f696b7acb44930eb109da873600bfb8b7ae7ce76"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois HB 2693 (94th) — SCHOOL SAFETY DRILL ACT

Creates the School Safety Drill Act to establish minimum requirements and standards for public and private schools to follow when conducting school safety drills and reviewing school emergency and crisis response plans. Sets forth the types and number of school safety drills that schools are required to conduct each academic year and provides for emergency responder participation. Allows schools to conduct additional safety drills. Sets forth the incidents addressed by each type of safety drill. Contains provisions concerning an annual review, reporting, duties of the State Fire Marshal, regional superintendents, and the State Board of Education, a reporting and recording mechanism for fires, immunity, and the establishment of common rules. Repeals certain Sections concerning school safety drills, plans, audits, and courses. Repeals the Fire Drill Act. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective June 1, 2005.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2693&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18706&DocNum=2693&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2693eng&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18706&DocNum=2693&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB2693enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=18706&DocNum=2693&GAID=8&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **109–4** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **33–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael K. Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2005-02-22** Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Michael K. Smith `filing`
- **2005-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-02-22** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-02-24** Assigned to State Government Administration Committee `referral-committee`
- **2005-03-02** Motion to Suspend Rule 25 - Prevailed
- **2005-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by State Government Administration Committee `amendment-introduction`
- **2005-03-09** House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in State Government Administration Committee; by Voice Vote `amendment-passage`
- **2005-03-09** Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate State Government Administration Committee; 009-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2005-03-10** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-15** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2005-03-15** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2005-03-17** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-004-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-03-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Eddie Washington
- **2005-03-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Boland
- **2005-03-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Calvin L. Giles
- **2005-03-17** Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Holbrook
- **2005-03-17** Arrive in Senate `introduction`
- **2005-03-17** Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 6, 2005 `reading-1`
- **2005-03-22** Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi
- **2005-04-05** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed from the Illinois State Board of Education.
- **2005-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2005-04-06** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-13** Assigned to Education `referral-committee`
- **2005-04-19** State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed from the Illinois State Board of Education.
- **2005-04-20** Held in Education
- **2005-05-04** Do Pass Education; 007-003-001 `committee-passage`
- **2005-05-04** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 5, 2005
- **2005-05-10** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2005-05-10** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 11, 2005
- **2005-05-19** Third Reading - Passed; 033-021-003 `reading-3, passage`
- **2005-05-19** Passed Both Houses
- **2005-06-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2005-08-16** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2005-08-16** Effective Date August 16, 2005
- **2005-08-16** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 94-0600 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e931ac5d-219f-4a70-a77f-b4de6027ec2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).