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West VirginiaHB 47982026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Permitting teachers to wear a “mobile alert button” for emergency situations, to be known as “Alyssa’s Law.”

Sponsored By: Jonathan Pinson (Republican)

Signed by Governor

§18-9F-9A

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

New School Safety Fund for devices

The law creates the Alyssa Alhadeff School Safety Fund in the state treasury. The West Virginia Department of Homeland Security runs the fund. Money can come from fees, gifts, grants, bequests, or transfers. The fund pays for mobile panic buttons and similar school safety gear. This fund authority ends on December 31, 2029.

Panic buttons and training for schools

The State Board of Education and the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management must write rules by December 31, 2026 to allow wearable panic buttons in every public school, and county boards may give a device to each school employee. Each device must connect with local 9-1-1 and be able to trigger a campus‑wide lockdown alert. Before each school year, staff who use the devices get training on how and when to use them. County boards must let local police access school security data, like cameras, maps, and door controls, with set access rules. Implementation depends on available funding, and boards can apply to the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security for money from the Alyssa Alhadeff School Safety Fund. These requirements end on December 31, 2029.

Alyssa's Law and fund end 2029

All Alyssa's Law rules and the school safety fund end on December 31, 2029. After that date, the program and funding stop unless lawmakers renew them.

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Jonathan Pinson

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Adam Burkhammer

    Republican • House

  • Jim Butler

    Republican • House

  • Kathie Hess Crouse

    Republican • House

  • Joe Ellington

    Republican • House

  • Michael Hornby

    Republican • House

  • Tristan Leavitt

    Republican • House

  • Joe Parsons

    Republican • House

  • David Elliott Pritt

    Republican • House

  • Christopher W. Toney

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 223 • No: 0

House vote • 3/10/2026

House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 380)

Yes: 93 • No: 0

Senate vote • 3/9/2026

Passed Senate (Roll No. 378)

Yes: 34 • No: 0

House vote • 2/25/2026

Passed House (Roll No. 183)

Yes: 96 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor 4/1/2026

    4/1/2026House

  2. Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal

    3/14/2026Senate

  3. Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal

    3/14/2026House

  4. House Message received

    3/11/2026Senate

  5. To Governor 3/11/2026

    3/11/2026House

  6. To Governor 3/11/2026 - Senate Journal

    3/11/2026Senate

  7. House received Senate message

    3/10/2026House

  8. House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 380)

    3/10/2026House

  9. Communicated to Senate

    3/10/2026House

  10. Completed legislative action

    3/10/2026House

  11. On 3rd reading

    3/9/2026Senate

  12. Read 3rd time

    3/9/2026Senate

  13. Passed Senate (Roll No. 378)

    3/9/2026Senate

  14. Title amendment adopted

    3/9/2026Senate

  15. Senate requests House to concur

    3/9/2026Senate

  16. On 2nd reading

    3/6/2026Senate

  17. Read 2nd time

    3/6/2026Senate

  18. Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)

    3/6/2026Senate

  19. On 1st reading

    3/5/2026Senate

  20. Read 1st time

    3/5/2026Senate

  21. Reported do pass, with amendment

    3/4/2026Senate

  22. Introduced in Senate

    2/26/2026Senate

  23. To Education

    2/26/2026Senate

  24. To Education

    2/26/2026Senate

  25. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

    2/25/2026House

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