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As Introduced
136th
General Assembly
Regular
Session
H. B. No. 106
2025-2026
Representatives King, Miller, M.
Cosponsors: Representatives Deeter,
Click, Williams, Lear, Brennan
A
BILL
To
enact Alyssa's Law to establish a pilot grant program for public and
chartered nonpublic schools to purchase panic alert systems or
contract for artificial intelligence firearm detection software and
to make an appropriation.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section
1.
All
items in this act are hereby appropriated as designated out of any
moneys in the state treasury to the credit of the designated fund.
For all operating appropriations made in this act, those in the first
column are for fiscal year 2026 and those in the second column are
for fiscal year 2027. The operating appropriations made in this act
are in addition to any other operating appropriations made for these
fiscal years.
Section
2.
1
2
3
4
5
A
DPS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
B
General
Revenue Fund
C
GRF
769412
Ohio
School Safety Center
$25,000,000
$0
D
TOTAL
GRF General Revenue Fund
$25,000,000
$0
E
TOTAL
ALL BUDGET FUND GROUPS
$25,000,000
$0
OHIO
SCHOOL SAFETY CENTER
(A)
The foregoing appropriation item 769412, Ohio School Safety Center,
shall be used by the Department of Public Safety to distribute,
beginning January 1, 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter, pilot
grants to school districts, community schools established under
Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, STEM schools established under
Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code, and chartered nonpublic schools to
purchase a wearable panic alert system or other form of panic alert
system or enter into a contract with a private vendor for artificial
intelligence firearm detection software for the district's or
school's facilities.
(B)
For the purposes of the pilot grant program, the Department shall
develop an application process, a method to determine grant amounts,
and criteria for approving grants awarded under the program. The
method used to determine grant amounts shall, to the extent
practicable, equally distribute funds to districts and schools in
urban, suburban, and rural areas and to districts and schools with
different student enrollment sizes and socioeconomic statuses. The
criteria for approving grants shall include all of the following:
(1)
A requirement that the district or school not have a security system
in place at the time the application is submitted;
(2)
A requirement that any panic alert system that a district or school
intends to purchase meets all of the following criteria:
(a)
The system is capable of integrating with local public safety
answering point infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile
activations.
(b)
The system is capable of initiating campus-wide lockdown
notifications.
(c)
The system provides panic alert devices that allow for immediate
contact with emergency response agencies.
(d)
The system was developed in the United States without the use of any
third-party or open-source data.
(e)
The system is managed directly by the contracted vendor through a
constantly monitored operations center.
(f)
The system has been successfully deployed in other districts,
schools, or state organizations.
(3)
If a district or school intends to use a grant to purchase a panic
alert system, a requirement that the district or school agrees to do
all of the following to implement a panic alert system purchased
under the program:
(a)
Provide each appropriate staff person in a school facility, as
determined by the district or school in consultation with the device
manufacturer or per the device manufacturer's recommendations, with a
panic alert device;
(b)
Ensure that all school facility personnel receive training on the
protocol for and appropriate use of the panic alert device;
(c)
Ensure that all security data within a school facility, including
cameras, maps, and access control, is accessible by a local law
enforcement agency;
(d)
Coordinate with the local law enforcement agency to establish
appropriate access protocols for security data.
(4)
A requirement that any artificial intelligence firearm detection
software that a district or school intends to use meets all of the
following criteria:
(a)
The software detects and alerts school district personnel and first
responders about the presence of visible, unholstered firearms on
school property.
(b)
The software is designated as qualified anti-terrorism technology
under the "Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective
Technologies Act of 2002," 6 U.S.C. 441, et seq.
(c)
The software is capable of integrating with a school building's
security camera infrastructure.
(d)
The software was developed in the United States without the use of
any third-party or open-source data.
(e)
The software is managed directly by the contracted vendor through a
constantly monitored operations center that is staffed by highly
trained analysts who are capable of rapidly communicating possible
threats to law enforcement and appropriate district or school
personnel.
(f)
The software has been successfully deployed in other districts,
schools, or state organizations.
(C)
The Department shall distribute a grant to each district or school
with an approved application.
(D)
A district or school that receives a grant under the pilot grant
program shall use the grant to purchase a wearable panic alert system
or other form of panic alert system or to enter into a contract with
a private vendor for artificial intelligence firearm detection
software. A district or school may use a grant distributed under the
pilot grant program to purchase a panic alert system that uses
firearm detection software fully designated as qualified
anti-terrorism technology under the "Support Anti-terrorism by
Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002," 6 U.S.C. 441, et
seq.
(E)
Not later than December 1, 2027, the Department shall submit to the
Governor and the General Assembly, in accordance with section 101.68
of the Revised Code, a report detailing the findings of the pilot
grant program. The report shall include findings and data on program
applications, grants awarded, program participation, outcomes, and
information on types of devices purchased, firearm detection software
utilized, types of staff members receiving devices, cost of devices
or software, including annual renewal costs if applicable, frequency
of device use, and types of accidents reported.
Section
3.
Within
the limits set forth in this act, the Director of Budget and
Management shall establish accounts indicating the source and amount
of funds for each appropriation made in this act, and shall determine
the manner in which appropriation accounts shall be maintained.
Expenditures from operating appropriations contained in this act
shall be accounted for as though made in, and are subject to all
applicable provisions of, the main operating appropriations act of
the 136th General Assembly.
Section
4.
This
act shall be known as Alyssa's Law.