H.R. 1524 · 119th Congress

ALYSSA Act

Introduced on Feb 24, 2025 by Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5). 23 cosponsors, 10 of them from another party. Latest action (Feb 24, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Feb 24, 2025
Cosponsors
23
10 from the other party
Policy area
Education
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require silent alarms in elementary schools and secondary schools, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Child safety and welfare
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Emergency communications systems
  • School administration

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 24, 2025). Public domain.

Alyssa's Legacy Youth in Schools Safety Alert Act or the ALYSSA Act

This bill requires each local educational agency (LEA), as a condition of receiving federal elementary and secondary education funds, to ensure that each elementary and secondary school served by the LEA is equipped with at least one silent panic alarm for use in a school security emergency.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Josh GottheimerD-NJ-5Sponsor

Democrats · 13

Republicans · 10

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Feb 24, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 24, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Feb 24, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. STRYKER CORPORATION3 reports
    Federal contractor: STRYKER CORPORATION$130.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. Intrado Life and Safety, Inc.1 report
    Federal contractor: INTRADO LIFE & SAFETY, INC.$62.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  3. NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION1 report
    $670K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.