| 2 | 4 | | The House Committee on Education offers the following substitute to SB 32: |
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| 3 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | To amend Article 11 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,1 |
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| 6 | 8 | | relating to public school property and facilities, so as to require local education agencies to2 |
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| 7 | 9 | | implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting disparate emergency services3 |
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| 8 | 10 | | technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple state and local first responder4 |
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| 9 | 11 | | agencies in the event of a school security emergency; to provide for exceptions; to require5 |
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| 10 | 12 | | the Department of Administrative Services to conduct market research and possibly issue a6 |
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| 11 | 13 | | competitive solicitation for multiple vendors to provide for such systems; to provide for a7 |
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| 12 | 14 | | short title; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting8 |
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| 13 | 15 | | laws; and for other purposes.9 |
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| 14 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:10 |
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| 15 | 17 | | SECTION 1.11 |
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| 16 | 18 | | This Act shall be known and may be cited as "Alyssa's Law."12 |
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| 17 | 19 | | SECTION 2.13 |
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| 18 | 20 | | Article 11 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to14 |
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| 28 | | - | be known as the 'Alyssa's Alert' and shall integrate with existing technology found in22 |
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| 29 | | - | each local public safety answering point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile23 |
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| 30 | | - | activations.24 |
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| 31 | | - | (2) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection, each local25 |
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| 32 | | - | education agency may implement additional strategies or systems to ensure real-time26 |
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| 33 | | - | coordination between multiple first responder agencies in the event of a school security27 |
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| 34 | | - | emergency.28 |
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| 35 | | - | (3) A local education agency shall not be required to procure or implement new or29 |
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| 36 | | - | additional capabilities if, as of July 1, 2025, such local education agency has already30 |
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| 37 | | - | implemented a mobile panic alert system with capabilities which meet the requirements31 |
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| 38 | | - | of paragraph (1) of this subsection.32 |
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| 39 | | - | (b) Not later than December 1, 2025, the Department of Administrative Services shall33 |
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| 40 | | - | conduct market research in consultation with the State School Superintendent and the34 |
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| 41 | | - | Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency to identify whether an35 |
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| 42 | | - | existing competitive source of supply is available for a system that satisfies the36 |
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| 43 | | - | requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Code section from multiple vendors37 |
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| 44 | | - | for use by local education agencies. If no existing source of supply exists, the Department38 |
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| 45 | | - | of Administrative Services shall issue a competitive solicitation for such source of supply39 |
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| 46 | | - | no later than January 1, 2026."40 |
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| 47 | | - | S. B. 32 (SUB) |
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| 48 | | - | - 2 - 24 LC 47 3042S |
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| 49 | | - | SECTION 3.41 |
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| 50 | | - | This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2024.42 |
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| 51 | | - | SECTION 4.43 |
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| 52 | | - | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.44 |
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| 30 | + | be known as the 'Alyssa's Alert' and shall integrate with local public safety answering22 |
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| 31 | + | point infrastructure to transmit 911 calls and mobile activations.23 |
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| 32 | + | (2) In addition to the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection, each local24 |
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| 33 | + | education agency may implement additional strategies or systems to ensure real-time25 |
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| 34 | + | coordination between multiple first responder agencies in the event of a school security26 |
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| 35 | + | emergency.27 |
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| 36 | + | (3) A local education agency shall not be required to procure or implement new or28 |
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| 37 | + | additional capabilities if, as of July 1, 2023, such local education agency has already29 |
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| 38 | + | implemented a mobile panic alert system with capabilities which meet the requirements30 |
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| 39 | + | of paragraph (1) of this subsection.31 |
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| 40 | + | (b) Not later than December 1, 2023, the Department of Administrative Services shall32 |
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| 41 | + | conduct market research in consultation with the State School Superintendent and the33 |
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| 42 | + | Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency to identify whether an34 |
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| 43 | + | existing competitively procured source of supply is available for a system that satisfies the35 |
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| 44 | + | requirements of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Code section from multiple vendors36 |
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| 45 | + | for use by local education agencies. If no existing source of supply exists, the Department37 |
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| 46 | + | of Administrative Services shall issue a competitive solicitation for such source of supply38 |
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| 47 | + | no later than January 1, 2024."39 23 LC 49 1421S |
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