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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania requires all public school buildings to install direct law-enforcement panic alert systems
Last action · February 20, 2025: Referred to COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY, Feb. 20, 2025Sponsors: Marla Brown and 4 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Pennsylvania public school buildings must be equipped with a system directly linked to local law enforcement first responders, taking effect in 60 days.
School districts must procure and install new physical or software-based emergency notification hardware, and local police agencies must integrate incoming direct signals from school campuses.
- The bill's provision requiring panic alerts in schools is commonly known as Alyssa's Law, named after Alyssa Alhadeff, a victim of the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. context
Who It Would Affect
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public school buildings
Must be equipped with a panic alert system linked to local law enforcement agencies.
local law enforcement agencies
Must receive direct signals or messages transmitted immediately upon activation of a school panic alert.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 20, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to COMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY, Feb. 20, 2025
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