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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 836

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Relating to: school lockdown announcements. (FE)

Justice department of Public instruction department of School — Administration

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction, in consultation with the Office of School Safety in the Department of Justice, to create a prerecorded audio message to announce a school lockdown. Additionally, DPI must make the audio message available to public, private, and tribal schools at no cost.

Under current law, school boards and governing bodies of private schools must have a school safety plan that includes an individualized safety plan for each school building and facility that is regularly occupied by pupils. The bill requires that each individualized safety plan incorporate the school lockdown audio message created by DPI to announce a school lockdown required in the plan.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: James (R) , L. Johnson (D)

14 cosponsors

Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Goodwin (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Keyeski (D) , McCarville (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Prado (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D)

Full history

  1. Jan 15, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James and L. Johnson; cosponsored by Representatives Stubbs, Goodwin, Taylor, Ortiz-Velez, Bare, Tenorio, Sinicki, Arney, Rivera-Wagner, Subeck, McCarville and Prado

  2. Jan 15, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Jan 16, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 26, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  7. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1