Florida SB 936: Statewide Study on Automation and Workforce Impact

Bill Text

936 
Temporary Door Locking Devices 
2025-12-17T07:06:45Z 
Defining the term “temporary door locking device”; authorizing temporary door locking devices to be installed at any height; requiring the Florida Building Commission to incorporate certain standards for temporary door locking devices into the Florida Building Code; requiring the use of temporary door locking devices be integrated into building safety plans, safety drills, and training programs for a specified purpose, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 936 

 By Senator McClain 

 9-00918C-26 2026936__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to temporary door locking devices; 
 3 creating s. 553.8951, F.S.; defining the term 
 4 “temporary door locking device”; authorizing temporary 
 5 door locking devices to be installed at any height; 
 6 requiring the Florida Building Commission to 
 7 incorporate certain standards for temporary door 
 8 locking devices into the Florida Building Code; 
 9 requiring the use of temporary door locking devices be 
 10 integrated into building safety plans, safety drills, 
 11 and training programs for a specified purpose; 
 12 providing an effective date. 
 13 
 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 15 
 16 Section 1. Section 553.8951, Florida Statutes, is created 
 17 to read: 
 18 553.8951 Temporary door locking devices.— 
 19 (1) As used in this section, the term “temporary door 
 20 locking device” means a device that prevents a door from opening 
 21 and meets all of the following criteria: 
 22 (a) Is meant only for temporary use during an emergency 
 23 situation. 
 24 (b) Can be engaged or removed without opening the door. 
 25 (c) Can be engaged and removed from the egress side of the 
 26 door without the use of a key and can be removed from the 
 27 ingress side of the door with the use of a key or other 
 28 credential. 
 29 (d) Does not modify the door closer, panic hardware, or 
 30 fire exit hardware. 
 31 (e) Is not permanently mounted to the door assembly. 
 32 However, individual parts of the temporary door locking device, 
 33 including, but not limited to, bolts, stops, brackets, or pins, 
 34 which do not prevent normal ingress and egress through the door, 
 35 may be permanently mounted to the door. 
 36 (f) Does not affect the fire rating of the door and 
 37 complies with the fire rating standards of the National Fire 
 38 Protection Association. 
 39 (g) Can be removed with a single operation when engaged. 
 40 (2) Notwithstanding any other law or provision, a temporary 
 41 door locking device may be installed at any height above the 
 42 finished floor. 
 43 (3) The Florida Building Commission shall incorporate into 
 44 the Florida Building Code pursuant to s. 553.73(1) standards for 
 45 temporary door locking devices that meet the requirements of 
 46 this section. A temporary door locking device may be used to 
 47 secure a fire exit or an entranceway leading to a fire exit if 
 48 the temporary door locking device is used only during an 
 49 emergency situation and approved by the local enforcement agency 
 50 that has jurisdiction over the building in which the device is 
 51 installed. A temporary door locking device may be applied only 
 52 for a finite period of time during an emergency situation, 
 53 including, but not limited to, a shelter-in-place order, an 
 54 emergency lockdown, or a safety drill for such emergency 
 55 situation. 
 56 (4) The use of a temporary door locking device must be 
 57 integrated into building safety plans, safety drills, and 
 58 training programs so that the employees or staff of the building 
 59 in which the device is installed has inservice training on the 
 60 use of the temporary door locking device. 
 61 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.