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HB 643 KY
Passed One Chamber

AN ACT relating to school safety.

KY · session 2026RS · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Feb 13, 2026

Latest action (Mar 18, 2026) to Committee on Committees (S)

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to allow school districts to implement a wearable panic alert system; establish system criteria; require the Department of Education to provide a list of approved wearable panic alert systems; require the Center for School Safety to establish the Wearable Panic Alert Grant Program; amend KRS 158.446 to allow the Center for School Safety to distribute wearable panic alert grants using funds appropriated in the biennial budget to support school safety; provide that the Act may be cited as Alyssa's Law.

Sponsors (10)

Action history (10)

  1. Feb 13, 2026 introduced in House · lower
  2. Feb 13, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  3. Feb 23, 2026 to Primary and Secondary Education (H) · lower
  4. Mar 11, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · lower
  5. Mar 11, 2026 floor amendment (1) filed · lower
  6. Mar 12, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
  7. Mar 16, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 17 2026 · lower
  8. Mar 17, 2026 3rd reading, passed 93-0 · lower
  9. Mar 18, 2026 received in Senate · upper
  10. Mar 18, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
Subjects
Education, Elementary And SecondaryPeace Officers And Law EnforcementSafetyShort Titles And Popular NamesState AgenciesTechnology

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