104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1705 Introduced , by Rep. Dagmara Avelar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new Amends the School Code. Requires each school board to implement, not later than July 1, 2026, a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between local and State law enforcement and first responder agencies. Provides that the system shall be known as "Alyssa's Alert" and shall integrate with local, public-safety, answering-point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile activations. Allows a school board to implement additional strategies or systems to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies in the event of a school security emergency. Provides that a school board is not required to procure or implement new or additional capabilities if, as of July 1, 2025, the school board has already implemented a mobile panic alert system with capabilities that meet system requirements. Requires the State Board of Education to conduct market research not later than December 1, 2025 to identify whether an existing competitively procured source of supply is available for a mobile panic alert system from multiple vendors for use by school districts. Provides that if no existing source of supply exists, then the State Board shall issue a competitive solicitation for such source of supply no later than January 1, 2026. Effective immediately. LRB104 07537 LNS 17581 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1705 Introduced , by Rep. Dagmara Avelar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new Amends the School Code. Requires each school board to implement, not later than July 1, 2026, a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between local and State law enforcement and first responder agencies. Provides that the system shall be known as "Alyssa's Alert" and shall integrate with local, public-safety, answering-point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile activations. Allows a school board to implement additional strategies or systems to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies in the event of a school security emergency. Provides that a school board is not required to procure or implement new or additional capabilities if, as of July 1, 2025, the school board has already implemented a mobile panic alert system with capabilities that meet system requirements. Requires the State Board of Education to conduct market research not later than December 1, 2025 to identify whether an existing competitively procured source of supply is available for a mobile panic alert system from multiple vendors for use by school districts. Provides that if no existing source of supply exists, then the State Board shall issue a competitive solicitation for such source of supply no later than January 1, 2026. Effective immediately. LRB104 07537 LNS 17581 b LRB104 07537 LNS 17581 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1705 Introduced , by Rep. Dagmara Avelar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new
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105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new
Amends the School Code. Requires each school board to implement, not later than July 1, 2026, a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between local and State law enforcement and first responder agencies. Provides that the system shall be known as "Alyssa's Alert" and shall integrate with local, public-safety, answering-point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile activations. Allows a school board to implement additional strategies or systems to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies in the event of a school security emergency. Provides that a school board is not required to procure or implement new or additional capabilities if, as of July 1, 2025, the school board has already implemented a mobile panic alert system with capabilities that meet system requirements. Requires the State Board of Education to conduct market research not later than December 1, 2025 to identify whether an existing competitively procured source of supply is available for a mobile panic alert system from multiple vendors for use by school districts. Provides that if no existing source of supply exists, then the State Board shall issue a competitive solicitation for such source of supply no later than January 1, 2026. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. This Act may be referred to as Alyssa's Law.
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
6 2-3.206, 10-20.88, and 34-18.88 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new)
8 Sec. 2-3.206. Mobile panic alert system solicitation. Not
9 later than December 1, 2025, the State Board of Education
10 shall conduct market research, in consultation with the
11 Illinois Emergency Management Agency, to identify whether an
12 existing competitively procured source of supply is available
13 for a system that satisfies the requirements of subsection (a)
14 of Section 10-20.88 and subsection (a) of Section 34-18.88
15 from multiple vendors for use by school districts. If no
16 existing source of supply exists, then the State Board shall
17 issue a competitive solicitation for such source of supply no
18 later than January 1, 2026.
19 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new)
20 Sec. 10-20.88. Mobile panic alert system.
21 (a) Not later than July 1, 2026, each school board shall
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB1705 Introduced , by Rep. Dagmara Avelar SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new
105 ILCS 5/2-3.206 new
105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new
Amends the School Code. Requires each school board to implement, not later than July 1, 2026, a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time coordination between local and State law enforcement and first responder agencies. Provides that the system shall be known as "Alyssa's Alert" and shall integrate with local, public-safety, answering-point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile activations. Allows a school board to implement additional strategies or systems to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies in the event of a school security emergency. Provides that a school board is not required to procure or implement new or additional capabilities if, as of July 1, 2025, the school board has already implemented a mobile panic alert system with capabilities that meet system requirements. Requires the State Board of Education to conduct market research not later than December 1, 2025 to identify whether an existing competitively procured source of supply is available for a mobile panic alert system from multiple vendors for use by school districts. Provides that if no existing source of supply exists, then the State Board shall issue a competitive solicitation for such source of supply no later than January 1, 2026. Effective immediately.
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1 implement a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting
2 disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time
3 coordination between local and State law enforcement and first
4 responder agencies. This system shall be known as "Alyssa's
5 Alert" and shall integrate with local, public-safety,
6 answering-point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and
7 mobile activations.
8 (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a),
9 each school board may implement additional strategies or
10 systems to ensure real-time coordination between multiple
11 first responder agencies in the event of a school security
12 emergency.
13 (c) A school board is not required to procure or implement
14 new or additional capabilities if, as of July 1, 2025, the
15 school board has already implemented a mobile panic alert
16 system with capabilities that meet the requirements of
17 subsection (a).
18 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new)
19 Sec. 34-18.88. Mobile panic alert system.
20 (a) Not later than July 1, 2026, the board shall implement
21 a mobile panic alert system capable of connecting disparate
22 emergency services technologies to ensure real-time
23 coordination between local and State law enforcement and first
24 responder agencies. This system shall be known as "Alyssa's
25 Alert" and shall integrate with local, public-safety,
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1 answering-point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and
2 mobile activations.
3 (b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), the
4 board may implement additional strategies or systems to ensure
5 real-time coordination between multiple first responder
6 agencies in the event of a school security emergency.
7 (c) The board is not required to procure or implement new
8 or additional capabilities if, as of July 1, 2025, the board
9 has already implemented a mobile panic alert system with
10 capabilities that meet the requirements of subsection (a).
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