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Alyssa’s Law (HB 3083A) moves forward in hearing as sponsors and victims’ advocates press for wearable panic-button systems in schools
Summary
Supporters of House Bill 3083A told the Senate Education Committee on April 30 that wearable or app-based panic alarms that connect directly to 911 would speed emergency response and improve campus-wide coordination during active-threat and medical incidents.
Representative Emerson Levy (House District 53) and survivors’ advocates urged passage of House Bill 3083A, known as Alyssa’s Law, at a Senate Education Committee hearing on April 30. The bill would require public K–12 schools to consider emergency safeguards including wearable or wireless panic-alarm systems that connect directly to 911 public-safety answering points (PSAPs) and to campus staff.
Representative Levy said the bill is a “may, not a shall” measure and described existing grant funding of $2,000 per school established through the budget note; she said the grant program is available on the Oregon Department of…
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