Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB5 Compare Versions

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4	4	KBCKAU-1
5	5	By Representative Givan
6	6	RFD: Public Safety and Homeland Security
7	7	First Read: 05-Feb-24
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17	17	SYNOPSIS:
18	18	Under existing federal law, the AMBER Alert
19	19	System sends an alert to assist in the recovery of a
20	20	child under 17 years of age who a law enforcement
21	21	agency believes has been abducted and is in imminent
22	22	danger of serious bodily injury or death.
23	23	Under existing state law, the Missing and
24	24	Endangered Persons Alert Act sends an alert when the
25	25	Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency believes an
26	26	individual has been abducted and has a reasonable
27	27	belief that the individual is at risk of bodily harm or
28	28	death.
29	29	This bill would create an Ebony Alert System to
30	30	send an alert to assist in the recovery of a Black
31	31	youth, including a young woman or girl, under certain
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33	33	A BILL
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35	35	AN ACT
36	36	Relating to public safety; to create an Ebony Alert
37	37	System to send an alert to assist in the recovery of a Black
38	38	youth, including a young woman or girl, under certain
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68	68	youth, including a young woman or girl, under certain
69	69	circumstances.
70	70	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
71	71	Section 1. (a) For purposes of this section, "Ebony
72	72	Alert" means a notification system, activated pursuant to
73	73	subsection (b), designed to issue and coordinate alerts for
74	74	Black youth, including young women and girls, who are reported
75	75	missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances.
76	76	(b)(1) If a person is reported missing to a law
77	77	enforcement agency and that agency determines that the
78	78	requirements of subsection (c) are met, the law enforcement
79	79	agency may request the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to
80	80	activate an Ebony Alert.
81	81	(2) If the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency concurs
82	82	that the requirements of subsection (c) have been met, it
83	83	shall activate an Ebony Alert within the appropriate
84	84	geographical area requested by the investigating law
85	85	enforcement agency.
86	86	(3) Radio, television, cable, satellite, and social
87	87	media systems are encouraged to cooperate with disseminating
88	88	the information contained in an Ebony Alert.
89	89	(4) Upon activation of an Ebony Alert, the Alabama
90	90	State Law Enforcement Agency shall assist the investigating
91	91	law enforcement agency by issuing a be-on-the-lookout alert,
92	92	an electronic flyer, or changeable message signs in compliance
93	93	with subdivision (5).
94	94	(5) Upon activation of an Ebony Alert, the Alabama
95	95	State Law Enforcement Agency may use a changeable message sign
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126	126	if both of the following conditions are met:
127	127	a. A law enforcement agency determines that a vehicle
128	128	may be involved in the missing person incident.
129	129	b. Specific identifying information about the vehicle
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131	131	(c) A law enforcement agency may request that an Ebony
132	132	Alert be activated if that agency determines that an Ebony
133	133	Alert would be an effective tool in the investigation of
134	134	missing Black youth, including a young woman or girl, after
135	135	considering the following factors:
136	136	(1) The missing person is between 12 to 25 years of
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138	138	(2) The missing person suffers from a mental or
139	139	physical disability.
140	140	(3) The person is missing under circumstances that
141	141	indicate any of the following:
142	142	a. The missing person's physical safety may be
143	143	endangered.
144	144	b. The disappearance of the missing person may not have
145	145	been voluntary, including an abduction or kidnapping.
146	146	c. The missing person may be subject to trafficking.
147	147	(4) The law enforcement agency determines that the
148	148	person has gone missing under unexplained or suspicious
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150	150	(5) The law enforcement agency believes any of the
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152	152	a. The person is in danger because of age, health,
153	153	mental or physical disability, or environmental or weather
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185	185	b. The person is in the company of a potentially
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187	187	c. There are other factors indicating that the person
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189	189	(6) The investigating law enforcement agency has
190	190	utilized available local resources.
191	191	(7) There is information available that, if
192	192	disseminated to the public, could assist in the safe recovery
193	193	of the missing person.
194	194	Section 2. This act shall become effective on the first
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196	196	the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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