2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2403: School boards; panic alarm systems in each school required.

Legislative Summary

School boards; panic alarm systems in each school required. Requires each school board to equip each public elementary and secondary school building in the local school division with a panic alarm system that includes at least one panic alarm device in each classroom or other room in the building in which students will be present and that adheres to nationally recognized industry standards. The bill defines "panic alarm system" as a silent security system by which the user manually activates a device that sends a non-audible signal to the local 9-1-1 public safety answering point that indicates a school security emergency that requires immediate response and assistance from such public safety answering point, including a non-fire evacuation, lockdown, medical emergency, or active shooter situation. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.

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Bill History

1/8/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103665D
House of Delegates
1/8/2025
Referred to Committee on Education
House of Delegates
1/13/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2403)
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Left in Education
House of Delegates

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/8/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Education(House of Delegates)

Sponsors

Republican: 2

Co-Sponsors (1)

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/8/20254.6 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/13/2025108.4 KB