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House bill would fund school panic‑alert systems, AI firearm detection in pilot grants; sponsors amend name and cut appropriation
Summary
Representatives King and Miller presented House Bill 106 (renamed the SOS Act) to create a DPS‑administered pilot grant program for school panic‑alert systems and AI firearm‑detection software; an adopted amendment reduced the requested appropriation from $25 million to $12 million.
Representatives King and Miller presented sponsor testimony on House Bill 106, renamed by amendment to the SOS Act (Secure Our Schools) to keep the bill vendor‑neutral and technology‑agnostic. The bill would establish a pilot grant program administered by the Ohio Department of Public Safety to allow public and charter schools to purchase panic‑alert systems and artificial‑intelligence firearm‑detection…
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