diff --git a/LANEHANDOVER.md b/LANEHANDOVER.md
index 75644f3..5927c1f 100644
--- a/LANEHANDOVER.md
+++ b/LANEHANDOVER.md
@@ -1200,3 +1200,66 @@ sting queued. **Tests: 651. Gate clean. Deployed, live 200.**
 **Next:** SCENARIOS.md 🔜 items (ID passback, regular step-up lines,
 smoking-door slip-in); the lockout law wants its own design pass; John's two
 human passes still open.
+
+---
+
+## SESSION — FABLE-SOLO-9 · 2026-07-20
+
+**Branch:** main (solo session, Fable) · **Gate:** lint ✓ build ✓ test ✓ (656 tests, 39 files)
+**Deployed:** https://monsterrobot.games/not-tonight/ (rsync + cache-busted curl 200)
+
+### The late game: four features from the SCENARIOS.md queue
+
+1. **1:30 lockout law** (`rules/judge.ts` — `LOCKOUT_MIN = 270`). After clock 270
+   every denial is JUSTIFIED (pays violator-rate vibe — `judgeDeny` now takes
+   ctx), and every admission files ONE deferred heat strike with the stable
+   reason `'admission after the 1:30 lockout'` (dedupe holds it to one write-up a
+   night — the over-capacity pattern). Dazza texts the warning at 255 and the law
+   at 270 (`dazza.ts` lockout-warn/lockout-live, rule-less). Door HUD clock goes
+   red with a `· LOCKOUT` suffix. CAREFUL sim bot obeys the law; the
+   "admits beat denies" band now measures **pre-lockout** counts
+   (`admittedPreLockout`/`deniedPreLockout`) so blanket legal denials don't drown
+   the fill signal.
+
+2. **ID passback** (the tell the DESK sets, not the generator).
+   - `types.ts`: `IdFakeTells.passback?: boolean`; `idCheck.ts`: in TELL_ORDER,
+     `present.passback = flags?.passback === true`, so it justifies denial.
+   - `QueueManager` records every admitted card off `door:verdict`; from clock
+     150, punter/almost18/financeBro arrivals have a 5% chance (stream
+     `'passback'`) of carrying a CLONE of an admitted card — original photoSeed,
+     so the face is naturally wrong.
+   - `DoorScene.seenCards` (name|dob → clock label) records all admits, Kayden's
+     included; at `callNext()` a match sets `fake.passback`. Kayden never checks —
+     the same card walks past him all night.
+   - `IdCardView` stamps **SEEN TONIGHT** in red on the zoomed card.
+
+3. **Regular step-up lines** (`strings/door.ts` REGULAR_RETURN_LINES /
+   REGULAR_DISGUISED_LINES; `PatronUpView` pool priority). Disguised regulars
+   outrank everything ("never been here before in my life" IS the tell);
+   once-denied regulars get their olive branch ahead of owner/list claims.
+
+4. **Yard fence-jumpers** (`FloorDemoScene`, night mode). 2–3 per night in clock
+   [120,300] from a separate `SeededRNG(ctx.seed ^ 0xfe9ce)` (door streams
+   untouched), spawned at yard tile (18,41) with `uvStamped: false` — no
+   door:verdict, no stamp, catchable only by UV cone. Fires even while the
+   player works the rope.
+
+### Verification (browser pane, frame-stepped)
+- HUD at warped clock 273: `"1:33 AM · LOCKOUT"` colour `#ff8080` ✓
+- All 3 jumper times consumed → 3 unstamped agents in/near the yard ✓
+- Seeded seenCards + callNext → `fake.passback: true`, SEEN TONIGHT renders
+  (screenshot taken) ✓
+- Returning line and disguised line both render in the bubble ✓
+
+### Tests added/updated
+- `judge.test.ts`: lockout describe (justified denial at 270, exactly one
+  deferred strike w/ stable reason, none at 269).
+- `idCheck.test.ts`: passback tell present/absent.
+- `dazzaSchedule.test.ts`: non-rule pin gains lockout-warn/lockout-live.
+- `sim/economy.ts(.test.ts)`: CAREFUL denies post-lockout; preLockout metrics.
+
+### Notes for future lanes
+- The passback tell rides IN `idCard.fake` but is desk-authored — anything that
+  regenerates or copies a card mid-night must not carry `fake.passback` across.
+- Fence-jumpers are invisible to the door economy on purpose; if a future lane
+  adds a "jumpers ejected" metric it belongs to floor incidents, not door counts.
diff --git a/src/data/strings/dazza.ts b/src/data/strings/dazza.ts
index a528ae2..80c4c12 100644
--- a/src/data/strings/dazza.ts
+++ b/src/data/strings/dazza.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ export const DAZZA_TEXTS: readonly DazzaLine[] = [
   { id: 'rule-suits', text: 'too corporate in here tonight. no blazers til the suits ive already got leave', ruleId: 'noBlazers', fromMin: 200 },
   { id: 'rule-couples', text: 'no more couples holding hands in the queue its making the room feel married', ruleId: 'noHandHolders', fromMin: 135 },
 
+  // the 1:30 lockout (state law; rules/judge.ts LOCKOUT_MIN)
+  { id: 'lockout-warn', text: 'lockout in 15. after 130 the law says this door is SHUT. the queue will not agree with the law', fromMin: 255 },
+  { id: 'lockout-live', text: '130. lockout. nobody new gets in. i dont care who terry is. especially if its terry', fromMin: 270 },
+
   // vibe commentary
   { id: 'vibe-mid', text: 'why is the floor MID rn. fix it', fromMin: 60 },
   { id: 'vibe-good', text: 'room is going OFF right now whatever ur doing keep doing it', fromMin: 100 },
diff --git a/src/data/strings/door.ts b/src/data/strings/door.ts
index fdfaab7..be0f23a 100644
--- a/src/data/strings/door.ts
+++ b/src/data/strings/door.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ export const CLAIM_LINES: readonly string[] = [
   'i was here last weekend',
 ];
 
+/** A regular you have knocked back before, stepping up again. He kept count. */
+export const REGULAR_RETURN_LINES: readonly string[] = [
+  'back again. we good? we\'re good',
+  'different jacket tonight. thought about what u said',
+  'no hard feelings about last time. some feelings. no hard ones',
+];
+
+/** The disguise era (two knockbacks): same face, same card, new "man". */
+export const REGULAR_DISGUISED_LINES: readonly string[] = [
+  'first time at this establishment. love what youve done',
+  'never been here before in my life. u seem nice though',
+  'my brother speaks very highly of the door staff here. very highly',
+];
+
 /** What the room mutters when you send someone away. Never cruel about the patron. */
 export const DENY_REACTIONS: readonly string[] = [
   'the queue goes quiet',
diff --git a/src/data/types.ts b/src/data/types.ts
index 46b5a51..a588747 100644
--- a/src/data/types.ts
+++ b/src/data/types.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ export interface IdFakeTells {
   wrongHologram?: boolean;
   jokeName?: boolean;
   photoMismatch?: boolean;
+  /** The same card was already admitted tonight (passback — set by the door). */
+  passback?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface IdCard {
diff --git a/src/rules/idCheck.ts b/src/rules/idCheck.ts
index 8bf3549..ae7f3b2 100644
--- a/src/rules/idCheck.ts
+++ b/src/rules/idCheck.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const TELL_ORDER = [
   'jokeName',
   'photoMismatch',
   'expired',
+  'passback',
 ] as const;
 
 export type IdTell = (typeof TELL_ORDER)[number];
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ export function idVerdict(id: IdCard, nightDate: Date): IdVerdict {
     // The generator ships fakes whose ONLY tell is the date, with no fake flags
     // set at all. Deriving this here is what makes those catchable.
     expired,
+    // Set by the DOOR, not the generator: the desk remembers every card it has
+    // admitted tonight, and this card has been through once already.
+    passback: flags?.passback === true,
   };
   const tells = TELL_ORDER.filter((t) => present[t]);
 
diff --git a/src/rules/judge.ts b/src/rules/judge.ts
index ae60dc7..8674f42 100644
--- a/src/rules/judge.ts
+++ b/src/rules/judge.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ import type { Patron, Verdict } from '../data/types';
 // pays vibe, it just costs far more aggro than denying a real violator does.
 // Arbitrary power is rewarded and expensive at the same time. That is the game.
 
+/**
+ * The 1:30 AM lockout (clock minute 270). Queensland's actual gift to game
+ * design: after this minute, NEW admissions are against the LAW — the licence
+ * is on the line, the queue does not care, and Dazza cares in both directions.
+ * Denials after lockout are always justified; admissions file a strike.
+ */
+export const LOCKOUT_MIN = 270;
+
 export const JUDGE_TUNING = {
   /** Deny someone who genuinely broke something. The job, done right — and
    * routine. The room expects it; the payoff is small (tuning pass 2026-07-19:
@@ -106,10 +114,15 @@ export function judge(patron: Patron, verdict: Verdict, ctx: JudgeContext): Door
   // verb (bribe, guest-list override) an else-branch would silently score it as
   // an ADMIT — filing heat strikes and capacity breaches for a call the player
   // never made. Falling through to deny is inert by comparison.
-  return verdict === 'admit' ? judgeAdmit(patron, broken, id, ctx) : judgeDeny(patron, broken, id);
+  return verdict === 'admit' ? judgeAdmit(patron, broken, id, ctx) : judgeDeny(patron, broken, id, ctx);
 }
 
-function judgeDeny(patron: Patron, broken: DoorDressCodeRule[], id: IdVerdict): DoorOutcome {
+function judgeDeny(
+  patron: Patron,
+  broken: DoorDressCodeRule[],
+  id: IdVerdict,
+  ctx: JudgeContext,
+): DoorOutcome {
   const T = JUDGE_TUNING;
 
   // Early return on purpose. Whatever else was wrong with him, Dazza only ever
@@ -140,7 +153,9 @@ function judgeDeny(patron: Patron, broken: DoorDressCodeRule[], id: IdVerdict):
     id.looksFake ||
     patron.age < 18 ||
     tooDrunkToServe ||
-    seriousContraband;
+    seriousContraband ||
+    // After lockout, "no" is the law — it is never arbitrary again tonight.
+    ctx.clockMin >= LOCKOUT_MIN;
 
   let vibeDelta = justified ? T.denyViolatorVibe : T.denyCleanVibe;
   let aggroDelta = justified ? T.denyViolatorAggro : T.denyCleanAggro;
@@ -256,6 +271,18 @@ function judgeAdmit(
     });
   }
 
+  if (ctx.clockMin >= LOCKOUT_MIN) {
+    // One stable reason: the inspector writes up "traded after lockout" once,
+    // however many you let through. (Letting many through still bleeds vibe
+    // via laps/ripens like any other admit — the strike is the licence part.)
+    deferred.push({
+      atClockMin: T.auditClockMin,
+      heatStrike: { reason: 'admission after the 1:30 lockout', deferred: true },
+      reason: `lockout breach — ${patron.id} admitted at clock ${ctx.clockMin}`,
+      patronId: patron.id,
+    });
+  }
+
   if (ctx.insideCount >= ctx.licensed) {
     // The STRIKE reason is deliberately stable: shouldRecordStrike dedupes by
     // reason, and running the room over capacity is ONE offence the inspector
diff --git a/src/scenes/door/DoorScene.ts b/src/scenes/door/DoorScene.ts
index 6107d1c..b2b85f3 100644
--- a/src/scenes/door/DoorScene.ts
+++ b/src/scenes/door/DoorScene.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { renderDoll } from '../../patrons/doll';
 import { dollPlan } from '../../patrons/dollPlan';
 import { activeRules, announcedRules, violations, type DoorDressCodeRule } from '../../rules/dressCode';
 import { idVerdict, formatDate } from '../../rules/idCheck';
-import { judge } from '../../rules/judge';
+import { LOCKOUT_MIN, judge } from '../../rules/judge';
 import type { DoorOutcome } from '../../rules/doorTypes';
 import { CONTRABAND } from '../../data/contraband';
 import type { Patron, Verdict } from '../../data/types';
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ export class DoorScene extends Phaser.Scene {
   private present = true;
   private kaydenAccMs = 0;
   private readonly retiredRules = new Set<string>();
+  /** Every card ADMITTED tonight, name|dob -> clock label. The passback net. */
+  private readonly seenCards = new Map<string, string>();
   private venueDoorGlow: Phaser.GameObjects.Rectangle | null = null;
 
   constructor() {
@@ -139,6 +141,14 @@ export class DoorScene extends Phaser.Scene {
           this.retireStaleRules();
         }
       }),
+      this.night.bus.on('door:verdict', ({ patron, verdict }) => {
+        if (verdict !== 'admit') return;
+        // The desk remembers the card, whoever waved it through.
+        this.seenCards.set(
+          `${patron.idCard.name}|${patron.idCard.dob}`,
+          this.night.clock.label,
+        );
+      }),
       this.night.bus.on('heat:strike', () => this.refreshCounters()),
       this.night.bus.on('night:phaseChange', ({ location }) => {
         this.present = location === 'door';
@@ -395,6 +405,12 @@ export class DoorScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     }
     this.testedThisPatron = false;
     this.pattedThisPatron = false;
+    // Passback: this exact card already went in tonight. The tell is set HERE —
+    // it is the DESK's memory, not the generator's — so Kayden (who never
+    // checks) waves the same card through all night.
+    if (this.seenCards.has(`${p.idCard.name}|${p.idCard.dob}`)) {
+      p.idCard.fake = { ...(p.idCard.fake ?? {}), passback: true };
+    }
     this.night.sfx?.play('ropeUnhook');
     this.up.show(p, this.queue.encounterFor(p));
     this.showTray(p);
@@ -724,7 +740,9 @@ export class DoorScene extends Phaser.Scene {
       }
     }
 
-    this.clockText.setText(this.night.clock.label);
+    const locked = this.night.state.clockMin >= LOCKOUT_MIN;
+    this.clockText.setText(locked ? `${this.night.clock.label} · LOCKOUT` : this.night.clock.label);
+    this.clockText.setColor(locked ? '#ff8080' : '#9fe8a0');
     if (this.tutorial.alpha > 0 && this.elapsedMs > TUTORIAL_MS) {
       this.tweens.add({ targets: this.tutorial, alpha: 0, duration: 800 });
     }
diff --git a/src/scenes/door/IdCardView.ts b/src/scenes/door/IdCardView.ts
index 90aefb1..4b44281 100644
--- a/src/scenes/door/IdCardView.ts
+++ b/src/scenes/door/IdCardView.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,16 @@ export class IdCardView {
     root.add(scene.add.rectangle(92, 44, 58, 3, 0xffffff, 0.3).setAngle(-10));
     scene.tweens.add({ targets: holo, alpha: { from: 0.35, to: 0.7 }, duration: 900, yoyo: true, repeat: -1 });
 
+    if (p.idCard.fake?.passback) {
+      // The desk's own memory, stamped in red: this exact card already went in.
+      root.add(
+        scene.add
+          .text(-20, 30, 'SEEN TONIGHT', { fontFamily: MONO, fontSize: '11px', color: '#d03030' })
+          .setOrigin(0.5)
+          .setAngle(-9)
+          .setAlpha(0.9),
+      );
+    }
     if (p.idCard.fake?.peelingLaminate) {
       // lifted corner + a couple of detached flecks
       root.add(scene.add.triangle(CARD_W / 2 - 22, CARD_H / 2 - 22, 0, 0, 30, 0, 30, -30, 0xf6f2e8, 0.9));
diff --git a/src/scenes/door/PatronUpView.ts b/src/scenes/door/PatronUpView.ts
index e1e50ab..2d06246 100644
--- a/src/scenes/door/PatronUpView.ts
+++ b/src/scenes/door/PatronUpView.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { renderDoll } from '../../patrons/doll';
 import { dollPlan } from '../../patrons/dollPlan';
 import { drunkStage } from '../../rules/drunk';
 import type { Patron } from '../../data/types';
-import { CLAIM_LINES, DRUNK_GREETINGS, OWNER_HINTS, PATRON_GREETINGS } from '../../data/strings/door';
+import { CLAIM_LINES, DRUNK_GREETINGS, OWNER_HINTS, PATRON_GREETINGS, REGULAR_DISGUISED_LINES, REGULAR_RETURN_LINES } from '../../data/strings/door';
 import { encounterById, type EncounterId } from '../../rules/encounters';
 import { MONO } from './ui';
 import { ZONE_BANDS, ZONE_ORDER, describeZone, greetingIndex, type InspectZone } from './inspect';
@@ -92,13 +92,20 @@ export class PatronUpView {
     // knowsOwner is checked FIRST and separately: the owner's mate is the trap
     // (design §3.1), so his line has to be the one that drops the name, not a
     // generic "i'm on the list" shared with every influencer.
-    const pool = p.flags.knowsOwner
-      ? OWNER_HINTS
-      : p.flags.claimsGuestList
-        ? CLAIM_LINES
-        : drunk === 'messy' || drunk === 'maggot' || drunk === 'loose'
-          ? DRUNK_GREETINGS
-          : PATRON_GREETINGS;
+    // The disguised regular's denial-of-everything outranks every other line —
+    // it IS the tell (same face, same walk, "never been here"). A merely
+    // knocked-back regular gets his olive branch in ahead of list claims.
+    const pool = p.flags.disguised === true
+      ? REGULAR_DISGUISED_LINES
+      : p.flags.regularId !== undefined && (p.flags.timesDeniedBefore ?? 0) > 0
+        ? REGULAR_RETURN_LINES
+        : p.flags.knowsOwner
+          ? OWNER_HINTS
+          : p.flags.claimsGuestList
+            ? CLAIM_LINES
+            : drunk === 'messy' || drunk === 'maggot' || drunk === 'loose'
+              ? DRUNK_GREETINGS
+              : PATRON_GREETINGS;
     const line = pool[greetingIndex(p, pool.length)] ?? PATRON_GREETINGS[0]!;
 
     const bubbleY = -DOLL_H * SCALE - 16;
diff --git a/src/scenes/door/QueueManager.ts b/src/scenes/door/QueueManager.ts
index 945388e..f19c7ee 100644
--- a/src/scenes/door/QueueManager.ts
+++ b/src/scenes/door/QueueManager.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ export class QueueManager {
   private readonly listRng: RngStream;
   private readonly encounterRng: RngStream;
   private readonly castRng: RngStream;
+  private readonly passbackRng: RngStream;
+  /** Cards of patrons admitted tonight — the pool a passback clones from. */
+  private readonly admittedCards: Array<{ name: string; dob: string; expiry: string; photoSeed: number }> = [];
   /** tonight's clipboard — read by the door's guest-list panel */
   readonly guestList: GuestList;
   /** scripted arrivals still owed tonight, soonest first */
@@ -129,6 +132,12 @@ export class QueueManager {
     this.listRng = rng.stream('guestList');
     this.encounterRng = rng.stream('encounters');
     this.castRng = rng.stream('castPick');
+    this.passbackRng = rng.stream('passback');
+    bus.on('door:verdict', ({ patron, verdict }) => {
+      if (verdict !== 'admit') return;
+      const c = patron.idCard;
+      this.admittedCards.push({ name: c.name, dob: c.dob, expiry: c.expiry, photoSeed: c.photoSeed });
+    });
     this.guestList = generateGuestList(
       this.listRng,
       this.listRng.int(8, Math.min(14, ENCOUNTERS.length + 12)),
@@ -316,6 +325,20 @@ export class QueueManager {
       p = adoptCastIdentity(p, member, mem?.timesDenied ?? 0, disguisedFromMemory(mem));
     }
 
+    // The passback (docs/SCENARIOS.md): late in the night, some chancer is
+    // holding a card that walked in HOURS ago — right name, right DOB, and a
+    // photo of somebody else entirely. No flag is set here; the DESK notices,
+    // if the desk has been paying attention.
+    if (
+      this.clockMin >= 150 &&
+      this.admittedCards.length > 0 &&
+      (p.archetype === 'punter' || p.archetype === 'almost18' || p.archetype === 'financeBro') &&
+      this.passbackRng.chance(0.05)
+    ) {
+      const src = this.admittedCards[this.passbackRng.int(0, this.admittedCards.length - 1)]!;
+      p.idCard = { name: src.name, dob: src.dob, expiry: src.expiry, photoSeed: src.photoSeed };
+    }
+
     // Anyone who says they're on the list gets a name the clipboard has an
     // opinion about. Done here rather than in the generator because the list is
     // a door-phase prop and patrons/ is frozen — see rules/guestList.ts for why
diff --git a/src/scenes/floor/FloorDemoScene.ts b/src/scenes/floor/FloorDemoScene.ts
index 1e7a0f3..9ed3ffc 100644
--- a/src/scenes/floor/FloorDemoScene.ts
+++ b/src/scenes/floor/FloorDemoScene.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ export class FloorDemoScene extends Phaser.Scene {
   private choice!: ChoiceOverlay;
   private readonly jointDealt = new Set<string>();
   private rack: RackState | null = null;
+  /** Clock minutes at which somebody comes OVER the yard fence (night mode). */
+  private jumperTimes: number[] = [];
+  private jumperRng: SeededRNG | null = null;
   private rackReadyAtMin = 6;
   private rackMarker: Phaser.GameObjects.Image | null = null;
   private carryBumpMs = 0;
@@ -215,6 +218,13 @@ export class FloorDemoScene extends Phaser.Scene {
     this.rack = null;
     this.rackReadyAtMin = 6;
 
+    // Fence-jumpers (SCENARIOS.md / FLOOR2 §2): two or three a night come over
+    // the smoking-yard fence — no stamp, no door:verdict, no idea. Their RNG is
+    // its own instance so the door's streams never feel them.
+    this.jumperRng = new SeededRNG(ctx.seed ^ 0xfe9ce);
+    const jr = this.jumperRng.stream('jumpers');
+    this.jumperTimes = Array.from({ length: jr.int(2, 3) }, () => jr.int(120, 300)).sort((a, b) => a - b);
+
     this.ctxOffs = [
       // The floor is fed by the door: every admission walks in a few seconds later.
       this.bus.on('door:verdict', ({ patron, verdict }) => {
@@ -352,6 +362,18 @@ export class FloorDemoScene extends Phaser.Scene {
         if (this.liveCrowd < MAX_CROWD) this.crowd.spawn(s.patron);
       }
 
+      while (this.jumperTimes.length > 0 && this.clock.clockMin >= this.jumperTimes[0]!) {
+        this.jumperTimes.shift();
+        if (this.jumperRng && this.liveCrowd < MAX_CROWD) {
+          const p = generatePatron({ rng: this.jumperRng, nightDate: this.clock.nightDate }, this.clock.clockMin);
+          p.flags.uvStamped = false;
+          const a = this.crowd.spawn(p);
+          const yard = tileToWorld(18, 41);
+          a.x = yard.x;
+          a.y = yard.y;
+        }
+      }
+
       // Player at the door: the floor keeps living (drinks keep being drunk,
       // stalls keep filling, maggots keep ripening → radio pressure), but
       // nothing needs the camera, the cone, or input.
diff --git a/tests/dazzaSchedule.test.ts b/tests/dazzaSchedule.test.ts
index 541a0ee..aefa89b 100644
--- a/tests/dazzaSchedule.test.ts
+++ b/tests/dazzaSchedule.test.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ describe('dazzaDue', () => {
       'vibe-queue',
       'kayden',
       'owner-scare',
+      'lockout-warn',
+      'lockout-live',
       'philosophy-1',
       'philosophy-2',
     ]);
diff --git a/tests/idCheck.test.ts b/tests/idCheck.test.ts
index ca5a356..c447c2f 100644
--- a/tests/idCheck.test.ts
+++ b/tests/idCheck.test.ts
@@ -277,3 +277,16 @@ describe('integration sweep over generated patrons', () => {
     }).not.toThrow();
   });
 });
+
+describe('idVerdict — passback', () => {
+  it('a passback-flagged card looks fake, with passback among the tells', () => {
+    const v = idVerdict(card({ fake: { passback: true } }), NIGHT);
+    expect(v.looksFake).toBe(true);
+    expect(v.tells).toContain('passback');
+  });
+
+  it('the flag defaults off — an unflagged card carries no passback tell', () => {
+    const v = idVerdict(card(), NIGHT);
+    expect(v.tells).not.toContain('passback');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tests/judge.test.ts b/tests/judge.test.ts
index b448081..3b7c0fb 100644
--- a/tests/judge.test.ts
+++ b/tests/judge.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({ violations: vi.fn(), idVerdict: vi.fn() }));
 vi.mock('../src/rules/dressCode', () => ({ violations: mocks.violations }));
 vi.mock('../src/rules/idCheck', () => ({ idVerdict: mocks.idVerdict }));
 
-const { judge, JUDGE_TUNING: T } = await import('../src/rules/judge');
+const { LOCKOUT_MIN, judge, JUDGE_TUNING: T } = await import('../src/rules/judge');
 
 // The REAL rule labels, pulled past the mock. Hand-written shorts in a test are
 // how a broken player-facing string ships: every shipped `short` is a caps
@@ -386,6 +386,30 @@ describe('judge — admissions', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('judge — the 1:30 lockout', () => {
+  it('denying a clean patron after lockout is justified — the law is the reason', () => {
+    const after = judge(makePatron(), 'deny', ctx({ clockMin: LOCKOUT_MIN }));
+    const before = judge(makePatron(), 'deny', ctx({ clockMin: LOCKOUT_MIN - 1 }));
+    // Justified denial pays violator-rate vibe; an unjustified clean denial doesn't.
+    expect(after.vibeDelta).toBe(T.denyViolatorVibe);
+    expect(before.vibeDelta).not.toBe(after.vibeDelta);
+  });
+
+  it('admitting after lockout defers exactly one strike, with a stable reason', () => {
+    const o = judge(makePatron(), 'admit', ctx({ clockMin: LOCKOUT_MIN + 10 }));
+    const strikes = (o.deferred ?? []).filter((d) => d.heatStrike);
+    expect(strikes).toHaveLength(1);
+    // STABLE — no patron id baked in — so dedupe holds it to one write-up a night
+    // (the over-capacity strike learned this the hard way).
+    expect(strikes[0]!.heatStrike!.reason).toBe('admission after the 1:30 lockout');
+  });
+
+  it('admitting one minute before lockout carries no lockout strike', () => {
+    const o = judge(makePatron(), 'admit', ctx({ clockMin: LOCKOUT_MIN - 1 }));
+    expect((o.deferred ?? []).some((d) => d.heatStrike)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('judge — stalls and structure', () => {
   it('sobriety tests and pat-downs only cost queue patience', () => {
     for (const v of ['sobrietyTest', 'patDown'] as Verdict[]) {
diff --git a/tests/sim/economy.test.ts b/tests/sim/economy.test.ts
index ea1e0e9..021ea50 100644
--- a/tests/sim/economy.test.ts
+++ b/tests/sim/economy.test.ts
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ describe('door economy (bot nights, 5 seeds)', () => {
   });
 
   it('careful play fills the room — admits comfortably beat denies', () => {
-    const a = avg(careful.map((r) => r.admitted));
-    const d = avg(careful.map((r) => r.denied));
+    // Pre-lockout counts: after 1:30 the law says deny-everyone, and blanket
+    // legal denials would drown the signal this band exists to hold.
+    const a = avg(careful.map((r) => r.admittedPreLockout));
+    const d = avg(careful.map((r) => r.deniedPreLockout));
     expect(a).toBeGreaterThan(d * 1.2);
   });
 
diff --git a/tests/sim/economy.ts b/tests/sim/economy.ts
index b32eb8e..7276fe6 100644
--- a/tests/sim/economy.ts
+++ b/tests/sim/economy.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { SeededRNG } from '../../src/core/SeededRNG';
 import { _resetPatronSerial } from '../../src/patrons/generator';
 import { QueueManager } from '../../src/scenes/door/QueueManager';
 import { shouldRecordStrike } from '../../src/rules/heat';
-import { judge } from '../../src/rules/judge';
+import { LOCKOUT_MIN, judge } from '../../src/rules/judge';
 import { violations } from '../../src/rules/dressCode';
 import { idVerdict } from '../../src/rules/idCheck';
 import type { DeferredHit } from '../../src/rules/doorTypes';
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ export interface NightMetrics {
   endClockMin: number;
   admitted: number;
   denied: number;
+  /** Same counts, before the 1:30 lockout — the fill band measures PLAY, not the law. */
+  admittedPreLockout: number;
+  deniedPreLockout: number;
   /** vibe sampled every 5 clock-min */
   vibeSamples: number[];
   vibeMin: number;
@@ -84,6 +87,8 @@ export function simulateNight(
     endClockMin: 360,
     admitted: 0,
     denied: 0,
+    admittedPreLockout: 0,
+    deniedPreLockout: 0,
     vibeSamples: [state.vibe],
     vibeMin: state.vibe,
     vibeMax: state.vibe,
@@ -169,8 +174,12 @@ export function simulateNight(
     if (verdict === 'admit') {
       state.capacity.inside++;
       metrics.admitted++;
+      if (state.clockMin < LOCKOUT_MIN) metrics.admittedPreLockout++;
       leaveAt.push(state.clockMin + leaverRng.int(50, 140));
-    } else metrics.denied++;
+    } else {
+      metrics.denied++;
+      if (state.clockMin < LOCKOUT_MIN) metrics.deniedPreLockout++;
+    }
     const delta: { vibe?: number; aggro?: number; hype?: number } = {};
     if (outcome.vibeDelta) delta.vibe = outcome.vibeDelta;
     if (outcome.aggroDelta) delta.aggro = outcome.aggroDelta;
@@ -248,6 +257,8 @@ export const CAREFUL: BotPolicy = {
     // Watches the clicker: one out, one in doesn't exist yet, so at capacity
     // the door simply shuts. This is what playing the licence looks like.
     if (insideCount >= licensed) return 'deny';
+    // 1:30 lockout — after LOCKOUT_MIN "no" is the law, and careful play obeys it.
+    if (clockMin >= LOCKOUT_MIN) return 'deny';
     const id = idVerdict(p.idCard, nightDate);
     if (id.underage || id.looksFake || p.age < 18) return 'deny';
     if (violations(p, clockMin).length > 0) return 'deny';