ESSB 5004: Updating emergency response systems in public schools including panic or alert buttons.
Signed into law: Chapter 347, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Torres
- Introduced
- January 13, 2025
- Status
- C 347 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (May 19, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires emergency response systems of school districts, charter schools, and state-tribal education compact schools to include specified technology and be developed in accordance with collaboration requirements. Requires the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to report to the Legislature data on the emergency response systems.
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Floor votes
- House: Final Passage as Amended by the House · March 26, 202598 yea · 0 nay
- Senate: Final Passage as Amended by the House · April 17, 202549 yea · 0 nay
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 12, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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