SB2948sam001 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Michael E. Hastings

Filed: 3/3/2026

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2948

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2948 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. This Act may be referred to as Alyssa's Law.

Section 5. The School Safety Drill Act is amended by adding Section 42 as follows:

(105 ILCS 128/42 new)

Sec. 42. Mobile panic alert system.

(a) By no later than the beginning of the 2028-2029 school year, school districts and private schools in this State shall consider the use of a mobile panic alert system in the development of their school emergency and crisis response plans. The mobile panic alert system, if used, shall be known as "Alyssa's Alert" and shall be capable of connecting to diverse emergency service technologies to ensure real-time coordination between multiple first responder agencies. The mobile panic alert system, if used, must be capable of integrating with local, public-safety, answering-point infrastructures to transmit 9-1-1 calls and mobile activations. Any deployed mobile panic alert system shall be integrated with the public safety answering point serving the applicable facility's jurisdiction and shall, upon activation, transmit an alert to the public safety answering point or initiate a 9-1-1 voice call, allowing for 2-way communication, that is delivered to the public safety answering point's call-taking equipment. The deployed mobile panic alert system shall undergo at least annual testing in coordination with the public safety answering point.

(b) By March 1, 2027, the Illinois State Police, in consultation with the State Board of Education and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, may develop standards for a mobile panic alert system. The standards may take into consideration the following:

(1) the scalability of the mobile panic alert system in relation to the possibility of school expansion;

(2) the reliability of the connection technology used and how that technology impacts the response time for first responders;

(3) the ease of integrating the mobile panic alert system into existing safety systems in a way that ensures communication with first responders and that all safety protocols are working together; and

(4) the efficiency of providing instant alerts and notifications to first responders and other school personnel.

(c) The State Board of Education shall send a physical and electronic notification to school districts on which mobile panic alert systems in this State meet the standards developed by the Illinois State Police under subsection (b).".