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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 3083
Ordered by the House March 20
Including House Amendments dated March 20
Sponsored by Representative LEVY E; Senator BROADMAN (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: Directs schools to consider use of a panic alarm system as part of a school safety
plan. (Flesch Readability Score:65.1).
[Digest: Directs schools to consider use of a panic alert device as part of a school safety plan.
(Flesch Readability Score:65.1).]
Directs the governing body of a school to consider the installation of a panic [alert device]
alarm system as part of the policies and procedures relating to school building security.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to school safety; amending ORS 336.071.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 336.071 is amended to read:
336.071. (1) As used in this section, “school” means any:
(a) Kindergarten through grade 12 public or private school, including a public charter
school;or
(b) Educational institution having an average daily attendance of 50 or more students.
(2) Every school is required to have emergency safeguards to protect the safety and
well-being of students and staff at the school. The emergency safeguards must include:
[(1)] (a) [All schools are required to instruct and drill students] Drills and instruction on
emergency procedures so that [the] students can respond to an emergency without confusion or
panic.
(b) Policies and procedures relating to school building security.
(3) When reviewing policies and procedures relating to school building security, the gov-
erning body for a school shall consider the installation of a panic alarm system that:
(a) Is wireless or consists of wearable panic alarms;
(b) Is capable of connecting to diverse emergency services technologies to ensure real-
time coordination between multiple emergency services agencies; and
(c) Integrates with local public safety answering points to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile
activations.
(4) The [emergency procedures shall include] drills and instructionon emergency procedures
required by this section must be on:
(a) Fires;
(b) Earthquakes, which shall include tsunami drills and instruction in schools in a tsunami haz-
ard zone; and
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 3425 A-Eng. HB 3083
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(c) Safety threats.
[(2)(a)] (5)(a) Drills and instruction on fire emergencies shall include routes and methods of ex-
iting the school building.
(b) Drills and instruction on earthquake emergencies shall include the earthquake emergency
response procedure known as “drop, cover and hold on.” A school may drill earthquake emergency
response procedures in addition to “drop, cover and hold on” when the school determines, based on
evaluation of specific engineering and structural issues related to a building, that “drop, cover and
hold on” may not be the most effective earthquake emergency response procedure to prevent or limit
injury or loss of life.
(c) Drills and instruction on tsunami emergencies shall include immediate evacuation after an
earthquake when appropriate or after a tsunami warning to protect students against inundation by
tsunamis.
(d) Drills and instruction on safety threats shall include:
(A) Procedures related to lockdown, lockout, shelter in place and evacuation, including the
procedures described in ORS 339.324; and
(B) Other appropriate actions to take when there is a threat to safety.
[(3)(a)] (6)(a) At least 30 minutes in each school month shall be used to instruct students on the
drills and instruction on emergency procedures described in subsection [(1)] (4) of this section.
(b) At least two drills on earthquakes shall be conducted each year.
(c) At least two drills on safety threats shall be conducted each year.
(d) In schools in a tsunami hazard zone, at least three drills on earthquakes and tsunamis shall
be conducted each year.
[(4)(a)] (7)(a) In addition to the instruction required under subsection [(3)] (6) of this section,
schools are encouraged to instruct students, in an age-appropriate manner, on preparing for and
recovering from events that are:
(A) Described in subsection [(1)] (4) of this section; and
(B) Natural disasters specific to the region where the school is located, including any relevant
weather-related events such as flooding, drought or excessive snowfall.
(b) For the purpose of this subsection, the Department of Education shall:
(A) Develop, in consultation with the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, guidance
that may be used for the instruction and make the guidance available to [school districts] schools;
and
(B) Provide, when requested, professional development to teachers and administrators relating
to the guidance.
[(5)] (8) All schools shall maintain all exit doors so that the doors can be opened from the inside
without a key during school hours.
[(6)] (9) Units of local government and state agencies associated with emergency procedures
training and planning shall:
(a) Review emergency [procedures] safeguards proposed by schools; and
(b) Assist schools in the instruction and drilling of students in emergency procedures.
[(7) As used in this section, “school” means any:]
[(a) Kindergarten through grade 12 public or private school; or]
[(b) Educational institution having an average daily attendance of 50 or more students.]
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