On February 6, 2019, Governor Phil Murphy signed NJ A764, also known as Alyssa’s Law. The law states that “each public elementary and secondary school building shall be equipped with at least one panic alarm for use in a school security emergency including, but not limited to, a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, or active shooter situation. The alarm shall be directly linked to local law enforcement authorities or, in the case of a school building located in a municipality in which there is no municipal police department, a location designated by the Superintendent of State Police, and shall immediately transmit a signal or message to such authorities upon activation. The alarm shall not be audible within the school building.”

On June 23, 2022, New York passed Senate Bill S7132B, also referred to as Alyssa’s Law, authorizing school boards to “include information regarding the installation of a panic alarm system” when districts are revisiting their school safety plans.

In May 2024, H.B. 4073—Alyssa’s Law—was passed by the Oklahoma legislature and approved by the governor shortly after. The legislation requires that “each school district in this state shall implement a mobile panic alert system. The system shall: 1. Connect emergency service technologies to ensure real-time coordination among multiple first responder agencies; and 2. Integrate with public safety answering point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile activations.”

“At a minimum, an approved school security alert and response system shall: 1. Automatically alert designated school personnel when an emergency response is initiated on-site by smartphone application, phone call, text message, or other technology; 2. Provide emergency responders with floor plans, caller location, and other information to assist emergency responders during a 9-1-1 call; and 3. Integrate designated school personnel with emergency responders to provide real-time situational updates during an emergency.”

On May 10, 2023, House Bill 0322 was signed into law. Included in the bill was a mandate for Alyssa’s Law. It requires that school safety teams must consider incorporating a “mobile panic alert system that is capable of connecting diverse emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies and that integrates with local public safety answering point infrastructure to transmit 911 calls and mobile activations” into their safety plans.

On May 5, 2023, Governor Abbott signed SB 838/HB 669 into law, requiring silent panic alert technology in classrooms beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.

In December 2023, Rep. Ryan Wilcox, R-Ogden introduced school safety legislation HB 84, requiring panic alert devices, among other things, in Utah schools.

In March 2024, HB 84 passed.

House Bill 216, also known as Alyssa’s Law, was introduced in the Alabama legislature in February 2024. The law, if passed, would require “each local board of education and the governing body of each charter school shall provide each classroom in the corresponding school district with silent panic alert technology. When activated by a teacher or other school employee, the panic alert technology shall immediately connect to district or school emergency services and the local public safety answering point.”

For the state of Arizona, Alyssa’s Law, HB2683, was introduced by Representatives Hernandez D. Chavez of Espinoza and Hernandez A. Payne of Sierra in February 2022, which would require “each public school building [to] be equipped with at least one panic alarm for use in a school security emergency, including a nonfire evacuation, a lockdown or an active shooter situation. The panic alarm must meet all of the following requirements: 1. Be directly linked to local law enforcement authorities or, in the case of a school building located in a municipality in which there is no municipal police department, a location designated by the department of public safety; 2. Be able to Immediately transmit a signal or message to the authorities prescribed in paragraph 1 of this subsection on activation; 3. Not be audible within the school building.”

HB1492, also known as Alyssa’s Law, was introduced in the Arkansas legislature in February 2025. The law would require “each pubic school district and open-enrollment public charter school to provide all school employees with a wearable panic alert system device.”

Introduced in January 2025, Proposed Bill No. 846 would require that “teachers, school administrators and similar school employees possess a card that can be pressed in order to send a wireless signal to a law enforcement authority to immediately summon such authority to the school where such individuals are located.”

In January 2025, Sen. Jason Anavitarte  introduced SB 17, which would require local school systems to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple state and local first responder agencies in the event of a school security, and authorize the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency to adopt rules and regulations for the requirements for school mapping data.

In March 2025, the bill passed the Georgia Senate unanimously. It now moves to the Georgia House.

In December 2024, the Illinois legislature introduced HB5923, also known as Alyssa’s Law, which would require “each public school to implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies.

House Bill 14, also known as Alyssa’s Law, was introduced in the Kentucky legislature in February 2025. The law would allow Kentucky school districts to implement a wearable panic alert system at each school facilty that shall: “Connect emergency service technologies to ensure real-time coordination among multiple emergency responder agencies; Integrate with public safety answering point infrastructure to transmit 911 calls and mobile activations; and Be capable of initiating a campuswide lockdown notification.”

In February 2025, the Maine legislature introduced LD 808, “An Act to Require School Boards and Governing Bodies of Approved Private Schools to Implement Wearable Panic Alert Systems”.

The law would require that “Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, a school board or a governing body of an approved private school shall implement at each school building a wearable panic alert system. As used in this section, “wearable panic alert system” means a collection of networked wearable devices that can transmit 9-1-1 calls and other notifications or otherwise allow for immediate contact with local emergency response agencies.”

In April 2023, Representative Vaughn of Wrentham introduced Bill H.3881, which if enacted would require all schools to have “at least one silent panic alarm for use in a life-threatening or emergency situation requiring immediate response from law enforcement, including but not limited to an active shooter situation, lockdown, or armed or unarmed intruder on school grounds. The alarm shall be directly linked to local law enforcement and shall immediately transmit a signal or message to such authorities upon activation.”

In February 2025, Senator Michael Webber introduced SB 76, which if passed would require “the governing body of a public school or nonpublic school shall implement a mobile panic alert system for use in a school security emergency using the funds under section 97n of the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1697n. A mobile panic alert system implemented under this subsection must meet both of the following requirements:

(a) Be capable of connecting local law enforcement and state law enforcement, school faculty and staff, and first responder agencies to ensure real-time coordination between 9-1-1 and other first responder agencies.

(b) Directly integrate with local public safety answering point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls through landline activations and mobile activations, including mobile applications and standard mobile calls, with continued 2-way direct communication between 9-1-1 public safety answering points and schools.”

Introduced in January 2025, Mississippi’s Alyssa’s Law, SB2534, would require that “each school district shall implement at each school facility a panic alert system making use of wearable panic alert devices, provided to each staff member, allowing for immediate contact with local emergency response agencies by integrating with local public safety answering point infrastructure to transmit 911 calls and mobile activations.  Such panic alert system must be capable of initiating a campus-wide lockdown notification.”

In February 2025, the Missouri Senate introduced SB 781, an act that, if passed, will require “school districts and charter schools to provide each staff person, including at least one staff person in each classroom, with mobile panic alert technology that allows for immediate contact and two-way communication with emergency services and school administration, as provided in the act. Prior to the first day of each school year, each school district and charter school shall ensure that all school personnel receive training on the protocol for and appropriate use of such mobile panic alert technology.” 

Drafted in February 2025, LC 1521, once introduced and if passed, “aims to enhance school emergency response protocols by mandating the implementation of mobile panic alert systems in school districts across Montana. These systems are designed to facilitate real-time coordination between various emergency services and must integrate with local public safety infrastructure to effectively transmit 9-1-1 calls. Additionally, the bill requires that all school personnel receive training on the use of these systems at the start of each school year. The Superintendent of Public Instruction is tasked with approving a list of mobile panic alert systems that meet specific criteria, including the ability to alert designated personnel and provide emergency responders with critical information during emergencies.”

For the state of Nebraska, LB1156, or Alyssa’s Law, was introduced by Senator Tony Vargas of Omaha in February 2020. The legislation would “require development and implementation of a statewide school panic button program.”

In September 2024, the Ohio Senate introduced Senate Bill 313, also known as Alyssa’s Law. If enacted, it would require public and chartered nonpublic schools to implement a wearable panic alert system.

The wearable panic alert system would be required to “be capable of integrating with local public safety answering point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile activations and initiating a campus-wide lockdown notification.”

For Oregon, Alyssa’s Law, or HB 3101, was introduced by Representative Emerson Levy in January 2023 and would require “schools to have at least one panic alarm in each school building.” Panic alarm is defined as “a security system signal used a by a school that: (A) Is not audible within a school building; (B) Is generated by the manual activation of a device or the manual activation of a signal through electronic means; (C) Is used when there is a perceived safety threat within the school building; and (D) Is immediately sent to law enforcement to indicate that there is a potentially lifethreatening or emergency situation that requires a response from law enforcement.”

In May of 2024, the Pennsylvania Senate introduced Senate Bill No. 1206—also known as Alyssa’s Law—a proposal for an amendment to the Public School Code of 1949 (P.L.30, No. 14) that would provide for panic alert systems in Pennsylvania schools.

In December 2024, the South Carolina House introduced Bill No. 3258—also known as Alyssa’s Law—a proposal mandating mobile panic alert systems in all public schools.

HB2403, also known as Alyssa’s Law, was introduced by Virginia Representative Geary Higgins in January 2025 and would require “each school board to equip each public elementary and secondary school building in the local school division with a panic alarm system that includes at least one panic alarm device in each classroom or other room in the building which students will be present and that adheres to nationally recognized industry standards. The bill defines “panic alarm system” as a silent security system by which the user manually activates a device that sends a non-audible signal to the local 9-1-1 public safety answering point that indicates a school security emergency that requires immediate response and assistance from such public safety answering point, including a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, medical emergency, or active shooter situation.”

Alyssa’s Law, or SB 5004, was prefiled for introduction in December 2024 by Rep. Torres and has passed the Senate and is in the House as of March 2025. The legislation, if passed, would require that “School districts must work collaboratively with local law enforcement agencies and safety and security staff as defined in RCW 28A.320.124 to develop an emergency response system using evolving technology to expedite the response and arrival of law enforcement in the event of a threat or emergency at a school. “Emergency response system” includes: (a) Panic or alert buttons that are tied to school administration, school district staff, and emergency response providers; (b) Live video feed with law enforcement, school district, and school access; (c) Live audio feed with law enforcement, school district, and school access; (d) Remote control access to doors; (e) Live interactive two-way communications; or (f) Interconnection with an alert and communication system maintained by the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs.”

Introduced in Febaury 2025, HB2394, also known as Alyssa’s Law, would, if passed, require “all schools in West Virginia to implement a wearable panic alert system by December 31, 2025. The state board, in collaboration with the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, will develop rules for this system. Each school staff member will be provided with a panic alert device that can immediately contact local emergency response agencies and initiate a campus-wide lockdown notification. The devices must be able to integrate with local 9-1-1 infrastructure, allowing quick communication during emergencies. Additionally, county boards must ensure that all school personnel receive annual training on how to use these devices and that school security data (including cameras, maps, and access control information) is accessible to local law enforcement agencies. The goal of this legislation is to enhance school safety by providing educators with a quick and direct method to alert authorities during critical situations.”

In July 2023, Representative Joshua Gottheimer (D-NJ) and other Congressional leaders introduced H.R.4999, the Alyssa’s Legacy Youth in Schools Safety Alert (ALYSSA) Act. The legislation requires public schools across America to provide all classrooms with silent panic alarm technology. This legislation has not yet passed.