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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 3174
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
6927H.02C JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 160.663, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to
emer gency responses in schools.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 160.663, RSMo, is repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as sections 160.073 and 160.663, to read as follows:
160.073. 1. (1) Subject to appr opriations, beginning in the 2027-28 school year
2 and for each subsequent school year , each school district or charter school shall
3 implement a wearable panic alert system capable of connecting diverse emergency
4 services technologies to ensure r eal-time coordination between multiple emergency
5 r esponse agencies. Such system, which may be known as "Alyssa's Law", shall integrate
6 with local public safety answering point infrastructur e to transmit 91 1 calls and mobile
7 activations.
8 (2) A school district or charter school shall pr ovide each school employee with a
9 wearable panic alert device that allows the school employee to communicate with others
10 inside the school building and immediately contact local emergency res ponse agencies.
11 (3) The wearable panic alert system shall be capable of initiating an emergency
12 notification thr oughout the school district or charter school. Notifications shall include:
13 (a) Automated visual stro bes whose colors map to the emergency pr otocol;
14 (b) An automated, dir ect connection to the intercom or public announcement
15 infrastructur e in place that maps to the emergency protocol; and
16 (c) An automated computer display takeover message that maps to the
17 emergency protocol.
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
18 (4) Upon activation of an alert thr ough the panic alert system, the wearable
19 panic alert device shall pr ovide accurate location information at the r oom and floor
20 level inside the school building and to other specific areas, including parking lots,
21 playgr ounds, and athletic fields, that are part of the school grou nds.
22 (5) A school district or charter school shall ensure, before the school year begins,
23 all school employees rec eive training on the emergency pr otocols and appr opriate use of
24 the wearable panic alert device described in this subsection.
25 2. (1) Ther e is her eby creat ed in the state tr easury the "Allysa Alhadeff Fund",
26 which shall consist of any appr opriations to the fund and any gifts, donations,
27 contributions, grants, or bequests receiv ed fr om private or other sources . The state
28 tr easur er shall be custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180,
29 the state tr easurer may appr ove disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund and,
30 upon appr opriation, moneys in this fund shall be used solely for the administration of
31 this section.
32 (2) Notwithstanding the pro visions of section 33.080 to the contrary , any moneys
33 r emaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not r evert to the credit of the
34 general reven ue fund.
35 (3) The state tre asurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as
36 other funds ar e invested. Any interes t and moneys earned on such investments shall be
37 cr edited to the fund.
38 3. The state board of education may adopt rules to implement this section as are
39 necessary to pr otect the health and safety of students and educators. Any rule or
40 portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is creat ed under the
41 authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is
42 subject to all of the pr ovisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This
43 section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the
44 general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to revie w , to delay the effective date, or to
45 disappr ove and annul a rule ar e subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of
46 rulemaking authority and any rule pro posed or adopted after the effective date of this
47 section shall be invalid and void.
48 4. The department of elementary and secondary education shall cr eate a list of
49 qualified vendors for the panic alert system.
160.663. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
2 (1) "Anti-intruder door lock", a mechanical or electronic door-lo cking mechanism on
3 an interior door that is designed to keep an intruder from entering an interior room that shall:
4 (a) Be capable of:
5 a. Locking from inside or outside the room;
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6 b. Unlocking from outside the room with a key or other approved means; and
7 (b) Control access to the room;
8 (2) "Exterior door or entryway", any location of normal ingress and egress into or out
9 of a school building;
10 (3) "Interior door", an egress door from a classroom, office, or other occupied room
11 that provides access to the interior of a building;
12 (4) "Master key box", an exterior secure master key box that meets the standards
13 prescribed under Underwriters Laboratories Standard 1037 for use by fire protection and law
14 enforcement.
15 2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each school district and charter school
16 shall equip each interior door with an anti-intruder door lock.
17 3. (1) A school district or charter school may equip each school with one or more
18 master key boxes to contain the necessary keys and access tools for fire protection and law
19 enforcement agencies to gain access to exterior or interior doors or entryways, including those
20 equipped with an anti-intruder door lock required under this section.
21 (2) On or before July 1, 2028, a school district or charter school shall equip each
22 school with at least one master key box as pr ovided in subsections 7 to 10 of this section.
23 4. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary , a school district or
24 charter school shall not be required to equip an interior door with an anti-intruder door lock
25 under this section unless the general assembly specifically appropriates moneys to cover all
26 costs related to equipping such door or entryway with such lock.
27 5. (1) Each interior door installed after August 28, 2029, shall be equipped with the
28 required anti-intruder door lock.
29 (2) A school district or charter school may receive donations of master key boxes and
30 moneys for the purchase of master key boxes.
31 (3) A school district or charter school may receive donations of anti-intruder door
32 locks and moneys for the purchase of anti-intruder door locks.
33 6. Before or in conjunction with equipping interior doors with anti-intruder door
34 locks, each school district and charter school shall develop and implement school building
35 access policies and practices that control access to individual classrooms.
36 7. On or before July 1, 2028, each school district and charter school shall install
37 at each school at least one master key box. Each master key box shall be installed at an
38 appr opriate location to permit law enforcem ent officers emergency access to each
39 building and classr oom or other roo m on the school gr ounds. The school district or
40 charter school shall determine the pr ecise location of each key box after consultation
41 with local law enforcem ent agencies of the jurisdiction in which the school building is
42 located. Each school district or charter school shall pr ovide each local law enforcem ent
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43 agency of the jurisdiction in which the school building is located with a key or access
44 code that permits access to the contents of the master key box.
45 8. Each master key box installed pursuant to subsection 7 of this section shall
46 contain:
47 (1) The keys and other access contro l devices necessary to access each building
48 and room on the entire school gr ounds; and
49 (2) Accurate maps of the entire school grou nds that identify and label:
50 (a) Access points to each building's interior , including roo ms, doors, stairwells,
51 and hallways. The maps shall include the identifiers or names utilized by staff and
52 students to identify the ro oms, doors, stairwells, and hallways on the map;
53 (b) Locations of critical utilities, master key boxes, automated external
54 defibrillators, trauma kits, and other emergency res ponse aids; and
55 (c) Areas at or near each building, including parking areas, athletic fields,
56 surr ounding road s, outbuildings, and neighboring prop erties.
57 9. Notwithstanding any pr ovision of chapter 610 to the contrary , the contents of
58 a master key box and the information contained ther ein is not a public record and shall
59 not be made available for public examination.
60 10. An employee of a school district or charter school is immune fr om civil
61 liability for damages arising out of the installation and use of master key boxes r equir ed
62 by this section unless the employee acted with gross negligence or bad faith.
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