Utah's wearable panic alert law
Utah law requires a local education agency to provide a wearable panic alert device that communicates directly with 911 call centers. The devices go to the lead teacher in each classroom, in line with each school's safety needs assessment. Beginning July 1, 2027, the appropriate school safety personnel described in Section 53G-8-701.5(2) must receive one too.
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What does the Utah law require?
An LEA "shall provide" wearable panic alert devices, in line with the results of the school safety needs assessment in Section 53G-8-701.5. The device must communicate directly with public safety answering points. It goes to the lead teacher in each classroom. Beginning July 1, 2027, LEAs must also give one to the appropriate school safety personnel described in Section 53G-8-701.5(2).
LEAs must train all school building personnel on the device before the school year begins. LEAs must make all school security cameras accessible to local law enforcement and 911 call centers. The state's model critical incident response must cover how the device is integrated and used.
Who is covered?
LEAs, which in Utah's education code means school districts, charter schools and the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
How has the law changed?
| Year | Change |
|---|---|
| 2024 | H.B. 84 created the law, signed March 12, 2024, effective May 1, 2024. It required a device for a staff person in each classroom. |
| 2025 | H.B. 40 moved the device to the lead teacher and required direct communication with 911 call centers. Signed March 26, 2025; effective May 7, 2025. |
| 2026 | H.B. 44 added devices for certain school safety personnel. Signed March 19, 2026; effective May 6, 2026. |
| 2026 | S.B. 51 amended Section 53G-8-701.5, the needs assessment and safety personnel section the device law points to. |
How can QuickSecure help?
Panic, the QuickSecure mobile app, lets any staff member raise an Alert from a phone. Schools start with Lockdown, Fire, Medical and Admin Alerts, each with its response workflow already built, and can add their own Alert types with their own workflows.
Schools can also add a physical panic button.
Each school sets how every Alert type behaves: silent or announced, a critical alert or a normal notification, whether it also sends email and text messages, and how it looks, down to its color, icon and wording.
Dispatch sends the Alert straight to 911 through RapidSOS, with one confirmation step. Each school chooses which Alert types call 911.
Nexus shows camera feeds from the cameras a school already owns, alongside campus maps and floor plans.
Mass notifications lets a school choose how each message goes out: app notifications, critical alerts, text messages or email.
Drill management runs practice drills through the same workflow as a real Alert, so in a real emergency every step is already familiar and nobody stops to second-guess it. A drill never sends a real Dispatch.
QuickSecure's Panic is a phone app, not a wearable device. This is not a statement that any product satisfies Utah law.