As Introduced
136th General Assembly
Regular Session H. B. No. 106
2025-2026
Representatives King, Miller, M.
Cosponsors: Representatives Deeter, Click, Williams, Lear, Brennan
A B I L L
To enact Alyssa's Law to establish a pilot grant
program for public and chartered nonpublic
schools to purchase panic alert systems or
contract for artificial intelligence firearm
detection software and to make an appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. All items in this act are hereby appropriated
as designated out of any moneys in the state treasury to the
credit of the designated fund. For all operating appropriations
made in this act, those in the first column are for fiscal year
2026 and those in the second column are for fiscal year 2027.
The operating appropriations made in this act are in addition to
any other operating appropriations made for these fiscal years.
Section 2.
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A DPS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
BGeneral Revenue Fund
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CGRF769412Ohio School Safety Center $25,000,000 $0
DTOTAL GRF General Revenue Fund $25,000,000 $0
ETOTAL ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS $25,000,000 $0
OHIO SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER
(A) The foregoing appropriation item 769412, Ohio School
Safety Center, shall be used by the Department of Public Safety
to distribute, beginning January 1, 2026, or as soon as possible
thereafter, pilot grants to school districts, community schools
established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, STEM
schools established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, and
chartered nonpublic schools to purchase a wearable panic alert
system or other form of panic alert system or enter into a
contract with a private vendor for artificial intelligence
firearm detection software for the district's or school's
facilities.
(B) For the purposes of the pilot grant program, the
Department shall develop an application process, a method to
determine grant amounts, and criteria for approving grants
awarded under the program. The method used to determine grant
amounts shall, to the extent practicable, equally distribute
funds to districts and schools in urban, suburban, and rural
areas and to districts and schools with different student
enrollment sizes and socioeconomic statuses. The criteria for
approving grants shall include all of the following:
(1) A requirement that the district or school not have a
security system in place at the time the application is
submitted;
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(2) A requirement that any panic alert system that a
district or school intends to purchase meets all of the
following criteria:
(a) The system is capable of integrating with local public
safety answering point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls
and mobile activations.
(b) The system is capable of initiating campus-wide
lockdown notifications.
(c) The system provides panic alert devices that allow for
immediate contact with emergency response agencies.
(d) The system was developed in the United States without
the use of any third-party or open-source data.
(e) The system is managed directly by the contracted
vendor through a constantly monitored operations center.
(f) The system has been successfully deployed in other
districts, schools, or state organizations.
(3) If a district or school intends to use a grant to
purchase a panic alert system, a requirement that the district
or school agrees to do all of the following to implement a panic
alert system purchased under the program:
(a) Provide each appropriate staff person in a school
facility, as determined by the district or school in
consultation with the device manufacturer or per the device
manufacturer's recommendations, with a panic alert device;
(b) Ensure that all school facility personnel receive
training on the protocol for and appropriate use of the panic
alert device;
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(c) Ensure that all security data within a school
facility, including cameras, maps, and access control, is
accessible by a local law enforcement agency;
(d) Coordinate with the local law enforcement agency to
establish appropriate access protocols for security data.
(4) A requirement that any artificial intelligence firearm
detection software that a district or school intends to use
meets all of the following criteria:
(a) The software detects and alerts school district
personnel and first responders about the presence of visible,
unholstered firearms on school property.
(b) The software is designated as qualified anti-terrorism
technology under the "Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering
Effective Technologies Act of 2002," 6 U.S.C. 441, et seq.
(c) The software is capable of integrating with a school
building's security camera infrastructure.
(d) The software was developed in the United States
without the use of any third-party or open-source data.
(e) The software is managed directly by the contracted
vendor through a constantly monitored operations center that is
staffed by highly trained analysts who are capable of rapidly
communicating possible threats to law enforcement and
appropriate district or school personnel.
(f) The software has been successfully deployed in other
districts, schools, or state organizations.
(C) The Department shall distribute a grant to each
district or school with an approved application.
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(D) A district or school that receives a grant under the
pilot grant program shall use the grant to purchase a wearable
panic alert system or other form of panic alert system or to
enter into a contract with a private vendor for artificial
intelligence firearm detection software. A district or school
may use a grant distributed under the pilot grant program to
purchase a panic alert system that uses firearm detection
software fully designated as qualified anti-terrorism technology
under the "Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective
Technologies Act of 2002," 6 U.S.C. 441, et seq.
(E) Not later than December 1, 2027, the Department shall
submit to the Governor and the General Assembly, in accordance
with section 101.68 of the Revised Code, a report detailing the
findings of the pilot grant program. The report shall include
findings and data on program applications, grants awarded,
program participation, outcomes, and information on types of
devices purchased, firearm detection software utilized, types of
staff members receiving devices, cost of devices or software,
including annual renewal costs if applicable, frequency of
device use, and types of accidents reported.
Section 3. Within the limits set forth in this act, the
Director of Budget and Management shall establish accounts
indicating the source and amount of funds for each appropriation
made in this act, and shall determine the manner in which
appropriation accounts shall be maintained. Expenditures from
operating appropriations contained in this act shall be
accounted for as though made in, and are subject to all
applicable provisions of, the main operating appropriations act
of the 136th General Assembly.
Section 4. This act shall be known as Alyssa's Law.
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