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2023 SESSION
HB 2236 Secured Schools Program and Fund; established.
Introduced by: C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Department of Criminal Justice Services; powers and duties; Secured Schools Program and Fund. Establishes the Secured Schools Program and Secured Schools Program Fund, established by and implemented by the Department of Criminal Justice Services, as a comprehensive, prompt, and reliable first warning notification and emergency broadcast system for each public safety answering point (PSAP) in the Commonwealth to (i) allow elementary or secondary school faculty to alert the local PSAP of an imminent threat to public safety within the elementary or secondary school and (ii) alert administration at each elementary and secondary school located within such PSAP's service area in the case of an imminent threat to public safety within the proximity boundary of the elementary or secondary school, as established by school administrators and local law enforcement. The bill allows such alerts to be issued by means of website announcements; email notices; phone, cellular phone, or text messages; alert lines; public address systems; panic buttons; or any other means of communication. The bill directs the Department to adopt regulations governing the implementation of the Program, in accordance with criteria provided in the bill, and establish criteria for funding the Program through disbursements from the Fund.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104028D pdf
- 01/30/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23105685D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/11/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104028D
- 01/11/23 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/23/23 House: Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
- 01/27/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
- 01/27/23 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/30/23 House: Committee substitute printed 23105685D-H1
- 01/30/23 House: Reported from Education with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
- 01/30/23 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/31/23 House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
- 02/03/23 House: Tabled in Appropriations (11-Y 10-N)