26RS SB 289

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Last Action	02/27/26: to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to missing children.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1715
Sponsor	B. Storm
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