Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed Alyssa’s Law on July 9 as part of HB 4073, reports KFOR. Oklahoma is the seventh state in the U.S. to adopt the law, following Florida, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Utah, and Tennessee.
The law requires all schools in the state to install silent panic alarms that directly link to law enforcement.
The legislation came about after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., that killed seventeen victims. Alyssa’s Law is named after one of the students killed that day: Alyssa Miriam Alhadeff. Her parents attending the bill’s signing, reports KOCO.
Many other states are considering the adoption of Alyssa’s Law, including Nebraska, Arizona, Virginia, Oregon, Georgia, Michigan, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Alabama.