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WV HB2394
Bill
Status
2/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jonathan Pinson
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AI Summary
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Requires the State Board of Education and Division of Homeland Security to implement a wearable panic alert system at every school in West Virginia by December 31, 2025
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Each county board must provide all school staff with wearable panic alert devices capable of immediately contacting local emergency response agencies and initiating campus-wide lockdown notifications
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Panic alert systems must integrate with local 911 infrastructure to transmit emergency calls and mobile activations
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School personnel must receive annual training on panic alert device protocols before the first day of each school year
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County boards must ensure local law enforcement has access to school security data including cameras, maps, and access control systems
Legislative Description
Requiring teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.”
Public Safety
Last Action
To House Finance
3/19/2025