Murphy signs bill requiring panic alarms in NJ schools into law

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill requiring the state's public schools to install so-called panic alarms.Murphy signed the bill Wednesday.It's being called Alyssa's law after 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff. She was a New Jersey native who died in the fatal high school shooting a year ago in Parkland, Florida.Murphy, a Democrat, says the state ``will do everything in our power'' to prevent tragedies like the one in Parkland.The legislation requires the state's roughly 2,500 public schools to install silent alarms that communicate life-threatening or emergency situations to law enforcement.Legislative fiscal estimates said the project could cost between $2.5 million and $12.5 million. The bill calls for tapping into $500 million in voter-approved bond funding as a source of revenue for the project.