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House clears school panic-alert and mapping law; members pressed for data-security and implementation details
Summary
Senate Bill 17 (rules substitute), requiring school systems to implement mobile panic-alert systems and to maintain mapping information for first responders, passed the House unanimously; members questioned how mapping would integrate with next-generation 9-1-1 and how sensitive data would be secured.
The Georgia House on Wednesday unanimously passed Senate Bill 17, a rules-committee substitute that requires public school systems to implement mobile panic-alert systems and maintain updated facility mapping intended to help first responders locate incidents in schools.
Representative Holt Persinger, who presented the bill on the floor, described the measure as clarifying and expanding the verification process for school mapping and adding relevant public-safety and school personnel to the list of officials who may annually sign off on mapping accuracy. Persinger said the change updates earlier school-safety provisions and “adds relevant public-safety agencies, school safety personnel, and school administrators on the list of people that can sign off on the accuracy annually.”
Members raised questions about operational integration and data protection. Representative Ramon asked whether the mapping…
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