South Carolina H 3258: SC School Safe-Space

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2025-2026 Bill 3258 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 01, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 3258

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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Indicates Matter Stricken

Indicates New Matter

Committee Amendment Adopted and Amended

April 1, 2026

H. 3258

Introduced by Reps. Pope, Gilliam, Martin, Grant, 
M. M. Smith, Schuessler and Henderson-Myers 

S. Printed 4/1/26--S.

Read the first time April 23, 2025

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 
59-66-35 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE ACQUISITION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MOBILE PANIC 
ALERT SYSTEMS IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE STATE, TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR 
THE SYSTEMS, AND TO PROVIDE PROCUREMENT AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.

 Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Chapter 66, Title 59 of the S.C. Code is amended by 
adding:

 Section 
59-66-35. (A) Before July 1, 2028, 
each public school district and charter school in the State:

 (1) 
shall, under the direction of the Department of Education, acquire and 
implement in each school a mobile panic alert system that:

 (a) 
connects disparate emergency services technologies to ensure real-time 
coordination between local and state law enforcement and first responder 
agencies;

 (b) 
integrates with existing technology found in each local public safety 
answering-point infrastructure, as defined in Section 23-47-10, to transmit 911 
calls and mobile activations; and

 (c) 
provides annual training to all public resource officers and public school 
personnel, who work in the districts where the systems are utilized, on the 
proper use of the panic button alert system; 

 (2) 
may implement additional strategies or systems to ensure real-time coordination 
between multiple first responder agencies in the event of a school security 
emergency; and

 (3) 
may not be required to procure or implement new or additional capabilities if 
the district has already implemented a mobile panic alert system with 
capabilities that meet the requirements of item (1); and

 (4) 
shall utilize the school mapping data program provided by the State to 
implement a mobile panic alert system required by this section. School mapping 
data must be made available to any vendor that meets the requirements of 
subsection (A)(1). 

 (B) 
The Department of Education, in consultation with the State Law Enforcement 
Division and the Department of Public Safety, shall identify vendors of systems 
that satisfy the requirements of subsection (A)(1) for use by school districts 
and shall make this list of vendors available to schools no later than January 
1, 2028.

 (C) 
The State Board of Education, through the State Department of Education, may 
promulgate regulations to implement this section.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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