The warehouse safety bill that stemmed from the deadly Edwardsville tornado in 2021 is now officially on the books.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker recently signed the Warehouse Safety Tornado Preparedness Act, among more than 200 other bills, into law.

The new requirements are the product of a task force state lawmakers created the following year to study possible legislative solutions after an EF3 tornado tore through half of an Amazon warehouse, killing six employees .

The law now mandates all warehouse operators prepare a tornado safety plan, requires new warehouses contain a designated refuge area as a form of shelter and dictates that city and county building inspectors hold a certification from the International Code Council.

Warehouse operators will have 120 days to creat

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