An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 4073 By: Wallace and Waldron of the
House
and
Weaver and Coleman of the
Senate
An Act relating to schools; creating Alyssa’s Law;
requiring implementation of mobile panic alert
systems by certain school year; establishi ng system
requirements; amending Section 2, Chapter 281, O.S.L.
2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2023, Se ction 5-148.2), which
relates to the School Security Revolving Fund;
expanding authorization for expendi ture; providing
for codification; providing an effective dat e; and
declaring an emergency.
SUBJECT: Schools
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 5 -149.4 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplicatio n in numbering, reads as follows:
A. This act shall be known and may be cited as “Alyssa’s Law”.
B. Beginning with the 2024 -2025 school year, 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 infrastruct ure
to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile activations. ENR. H. B. NO. 4073 Page 2
C. The State Board of Education sha ll adopt a list of approved
mobile panic alert systems. At a minimum, an approved school
security alert and response system shall:
1. Automatically alert designated s chool personnel when an
emergency response is initiated on -site by smartphone applicatio n,
phone call, text message, or other technology;
2. Provide emergency responders with floor plans, caller
location, and other informa tion to assist emergency responde rs
during a 9-1-1 call; and
3. Integrate designated schoo l personnel with emergency
responders to provide real-time situational updates during an
emergency.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY Section 2, Chapter 281, O.S.L.
2023 (70 O.S. Supp. 2 023, Section 5-148.2), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 5-148.2 A. There is hereby created in the State
Treasury a revolving fund for the State Department of Education to
be designated the "School Security Revolving Fund". The fund shall
be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, a nd
shall consist of all monies r eceived by the State Department of
Education from:
1. Reimbursements, grants, or other mo nies received from other
state agencies and entities for school security;
2. Reimbursements, grants, or other monies received from the
United States government oblig ated to school security projects;
3. Gifts, donations, and bequests; and
4. Monies appropriated or apportioned by the Legislature.
B. All monies accruing to the credit of the School Security
Revolving Fund are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and
expended by the State Department of Education for the purposes of:
1. Establishing and m aintaining a School Resource Officer
Program; and
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2. Providing physical securit y enhancements for schools
including, but not l imited to, school resource officers, cameras,
gates, lighting, locks, doors, windows, security geofencing, and
ballistic storm shelters , and mobile panic alert systems .
Monies in the School Security Revolving Fund shall supplement
and not supplant existin g school security funding.
C. Expenditures from the School Security Revolving Fund shall
be made upon warrants issued by the State Treasurer against claims
filed as prescribed by law with the Director of the O ffice of
Management and Enterprise Services f or approval and payment.
Expenditures from the School Security Revolving Fund shall not
exceed Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) in any fiscal year and
shall be divided equally among every public school di strict in the
state.
SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effec t and
be in full force from and after i ts passage and approval. ENR. H. B. NO. 4073 Page 4
Passed the House of Representatives the 29th day of May, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 30th day of May, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Ok lahoma this _________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this _____ _____
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________