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SB 1116: Emergency Alerts

GENERAL BILL by Simmons

Emergency Alerts; Authorizing a local law enforcement agency to activate the Emergency Alert System and issue a Lockdown Alert to public and private schools and child care facilities under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement, in cooperation with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the Department of Transportation, to activate the Emergency Alert System and issue an Imminent Threat Alert to the public at the request of a local law enforcement agency under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2018
Last Action: 3/10/2018 Senate - Died in Education
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Education (ED)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/6/2017 Senate • Filed
12/18/2017 Senate • Referred to Education; Criminal Justice; Rules -SJ 84
1/9/2018 Senate • Introduced -SJ 84
3/10/2018 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Education