AN ACT relating to missing children.

Engrossed on 3/17/26

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From the Legislature

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.

Sponsors

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Roll Call Votes

Senate: Third Reading RSN# 3938

35 Yea

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0 Nay

3 Absent

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Calendar

Mar 12

8:00 AM

Senate Committee On Veterans, Military Affairs, And Public Protection