Status: Proposed — Pending in House committee as of June 2026. HB 4198 (2025), introduced by Rep. Brenda Carter, is Michigan's active Alyssa's Law vehicle. No floor vote has occurred in either chamber. (Correction: this entry previously tracked HB 4241 / HB 4242 — those numbers belonged to Michigan's 2023-2024 Alyssa's Law package, which died at session end. The 2025 bill numbered HB 4241 is an unrelated economic-development measure.)
Bill Number: MI HB 4198 (2025); prior vehicles HB 4241 / HB 4242 (2023-2024 session, died at session end)
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Category: School Safety (Alyssa's Law)
Industries: K-12 Education
Enacted Date: N/A — Pending committee action
Effective Date: TBD — As introduced, would apply beginning with the 2025-2026 school year
Summary: Michigan HB 4198 would require the governing body of every public school and nonpublic school to implement a mobile panic alert system for use in a school security emergency, funded through section 97n of the State School Aid Act. The system must connect local and state law enforcement, school faculty and staff, and first responder agencies for real-time coordination with 9-1-1, and must integrate directly with local public safety answering point (PSAP) infrastructure. Michigan's 2023-2024 package (HB 4241 / HB 4242, Rep. Carter) paired a similar mandate with an approximately $6.7 million appropriation but died at the close of that session. The current bill has drawn bipartisan interest but has not advanced out of committee, with some members raising cost and implementation questions.
Key Requirements (as introduced):
- Every Michigan public school and nonpublic school must implement a mobile panic alert system for school security emergencies.
- The system must connect local and state law enforcement, school faculty and staff, and first responder agencies in real time.
- The system must integrate directly with local public safety answering point (PSAP) infrastructure to transmit 9-1-1 calls through landline and mobile activations.
- Implementation would be funded using funds under section 97n of the State School Aid Act of 1979.
Affected Entities: All Michigan public and nonpublic schools, if enacted.
IntelliSee Relevance: Moderate. Like other Alyssa's Law variants, HB 4198 mandates a manually activated panic-alert layer. IntelliSee's AI weapon detection sits earlier in the response chain — identifying a visible firearm on existing CCTV before a staff member would need to press a panic button. For Michigan districts preparing for an eventual mandate, IntelliSee is a complementary engineering control that closes the pre-incident detection gap while satisfying the notification-to-first-responders objective.
Related Legislation
- Alyssa's Law — Federal (ALYSSA Act / H.R. 1524 + H.R. 6809)
- Alyssa's Law — New Jersey (original)
- Ohio Alyssa's Law (SB 105 / HB 106)
- Pennsylvania Alyssa's Law (SB 541)
- Connecticut School Emergency Response Systems Act (SB 1216 / Public Act 25-102)
- Alyssa's Law — Virginia (HB 592)
- Alyssa's Law — West Virginia (HB 4798)
Sources: Michigan Legislature — HB 4198 (2025) | Bridge Michigan — Michigan lawmakers consider requiring panic alarms in schools