26RS SB 289

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Last Action	03/17/26: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to missing children.
Bill Documents	Current Introduced
Bill Request Number	1715
Sponsors	B. Storm, M. Deneen, B. Smith, L. Tichenor
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 16.175 to expand the criteria for determining when an Amber alert should be initiated to include when a child's disappearance may not have been voluntary and the physical safety of the child may be endangered and when a child is committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice or in the temporary custody of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, a relative, or a nonrelative placement; provide that the Act may be cited as Wynter's law.
Index Headings of Original Version	Children And Minors - Amber alert criteria, expansion Public Safety - Amber alert criteria, expansion Safety - Amber alert criteria, expansion Short Titles And Popular Names - Wynter's Law
Votes	Vote History

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02/27/26	introduced in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/09/26	to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
03/12/26	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
03/13/26	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 16 2026
03/16/26	3rd reading, passed 35-0
03/17/26	received in House to Committee on Committees (H)