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Introduced February 7, 2025

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HB14

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AN ACT relating to school safety.

Short title: Alyssa's Law

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow school districts to implement a wearable panic alert system; establish system criteria; require the Department of Education to provide a list of approved wearable panic alert systems; require the Center for School Safety to establish the Wearable Panic Alert Grant Program; amend KRS 158.446 to allow the Center for School Safety to distribute wearable panic alert grants using funds appropriated in the biennial budget to support school safety.

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This bill would allow Kentucky school districts to adopt wearable panic alert devices for school safety purposes. It sets standards these devices must meet and requires the state Department of Education to maintain a list of approved systems. It also creates a grant program through the Center for School Safety so districts can apply for funding to help cover the cost. Who it may affect: public school students, teachers and staff, and school administrators across Kentucky.

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Legislative History

Feb 7, 2025 · House
Introduced In House
Feb 7, 2025 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Feb 12, 2025 · House
To Primary And Secondary Education (H)
Feb 19, 2025 · House
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar With Committee Substitute (1)
Feb 20, 2025 · House
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Feb 28, 2025 · House
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Tuesday, March 04, 2025 (clerical)
Mar 6, 2025 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 98-0 With Committee Substitute (1)
Yea: 98
Nay: 0
Absent: 2
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Mar 7, 2025 · Senate
Received In Senate

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Kevin Jackson

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Jason Nemes

Representative · House District 033

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Chad Aull

Representative · House District 079

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Kimberly Banta

Representative · House District 063

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George Brown

Representative · House District 077

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Emily Callaway

Representative · House District 037

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Beverly Chester-Burton

Representative · House District 044

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Robert Duvall

Representative · House District 017

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Daniel Elliott

Representative · House District 054

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Daniel Grossberg

Representative · House District 030

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David Hale

Representative · House District 074

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Scott Lewis

Representative · House District 014

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Shawn McPherson

Representative · House District 022

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Amy Neighbors

Representative · House District 021

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J.T. Payne

Representative · House District 011

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Wade Williams

Representative · House District 004

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Lisa Willner

Representative · House District 035

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