Pennsylvania HB 2438: An Act amending Title 68 (Real and Personal Property) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for broadband services.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 3248
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2438
Session of
2026
INTRODUCED BY SANCHEZ, LABS, GUENST, BRENNAN, HILL-EVANS,
PROKOPIAK, HANBIDGE, WAXMAN, OTTEN, INGLIS, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
CERRATO, KUTZ, REICHARD, A. BROWN, PARKER, YOUNG, METZGAR AND
MIHALEK, APRIL 21, 2026
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, APRIL 21, 2026
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in school finances, providing for
school mapping services.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
section to read:
Section 641. School Mapping Services.--(a) A contract
funded in whole or in part with money appropriated by the
Commonwealth and entered into between a school district and a
vendor for school mapping services shall comply with the
following requirements:
(1) Maps must be in formats that integrate with, and are
viewable, within software platforms used in Federal, State and
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municipal public safety agencies that provide emergency services
to the school district without requiring the purchase of
additional software or payment of fees to access the data.
(2) Maps must be in formats capable of being printed, shared
electronically and, if requested, digitally integrated into
interactive mobile platforms in use.
(3) Maps must be viewable and printable from open-source
document or image viewers.
(4) Maps must be oriented to true north and include a fixed
grid with consistent "x" and "y" coordinates.
(5) Maps must have been produced from data verified for
accuracy through an on-site walk-through of the school buildings
and grounds depicted on the maps by the entity producing the
data.
(6) Maps must include accurate floor plans overlaid on
current, verified aerial imagery of the school campus.
(7) Maps must include site-specific labeling for school
structures, such as room names, hallway designations, exterior
doors, stairwell numbers and the locations of hazards, critical
utility controls, key boxes, automated external defibrillators
and trauma kits, and school grounds, including parking areas,
athletic fields, surrounding roads and neighboring properties.
(8) Maps must be created, stored and maintained exclusively
within the United States for the entire duration of the mapping
process and duration of the term of the contract to ensure
security of the data.
(b) A school district shall consult and receive written
approval from the primary law enforcement agency serving and
supporting the school district prior to entering into a contract
for school mapping services to ensure that the data used under
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the contract complies with the requirements in this section.
(c) For purposes of this section, the term "school mapping
services" means services that create detailed mapping data of
school campuses to improve emergency response and coordination,
and which data is created in file formats that integrate into
the software systems in use by public safety agencies to ensure
use by public safety agencies to locate room numbers, exits and
utility areas for emergency response.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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