SB 1019 – Specifies the Amber Alert System aids in identifying and locating abducted children rather than adults

• Sponsor: Alter
• LR Number: 5061S.01I
• Committee: Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence
• Last Action: 4/18/2006 - Voted Do Pass S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
• Effective Date: August 28, 2006

Current Bill Summary

SB 1019 - This act specifies that the "Amber Alert System" aids in the identification and location of abducted children, rather than adults.

Under this act, an "abducted child" is a child whose whereabouts are unknown and who is:

(1) Seventeen years of age or younger and reasonably believed by law enforcement to be the victim of kidnapping;

(2) Under the age of fourteen and reasonably believed by law enforcement to be the victim of child kidnapping;

(3) Reasonably believed by law enforcement to be the victim of child kidnapping, but instead of being under the age of fourteen, is between the ages of fourteen and seventeen.

SUSAN HENDERSON MOORE