| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to public safety; specifying conditions in which a missing person may be |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 considered to be endangered; requiring the commissioner of public safety to |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 establish policies and protocols for issuing alerts to the public regarding missing |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 and endangered persons; establishing the Public and Local Alert Advisory Board; |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 299C.52, subdivision 1; 299C.53, by |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 adding a subdivision; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 299C. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.52, subdivision 1, is amended to read: |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 Subdivision 1.Definitions.As used in sections 299C.52 to 299C.565, the following |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12terms have the meanings given them: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (a) "Child" means any person under the age of 18 years or any person certified or known |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14to be mentally incompetent. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (b) "DNA" means deoxyribonucleic acid from a human biological specimen. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16 (c) "Endangered" means that a law enforcement official has received sufficient evidence |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17that the missing person is at risk of physical injury or death. The following circumstances |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18indicate that a missing person is at risk of physical injury or death: |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (1) the person is missing as a result of a confirmed abduction or under circumstances |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20that indicate that the person's disappearance was not voluntary; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (2) the person is missing under known dangerous circumstances; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22 (3) the person is missing more than 30 days; |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-04917 as introduced03/17/25 REVISOR KLL/NS |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 3007NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: HOFFMAN) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading03/27/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1 (4) the person is under the age of 21 and at least one other factor in this paragraph is |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2applicable; |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3 (5) there is evidence the person is in need of medical attention or prescription medication |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4such that it will have a serious adverse effect on the person's health if the person does not |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5receive the needed care or medication; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6 (6) the person does not have a pattern of running away or disappearing; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7 (7) the person is mentally impaired; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8 (8) the person has been diagnosed with dementia, a traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9disease, or other cognitive impairment; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.10 (9) the person has been diagnosed with autism; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.11 (8) (10) there is evidence that the person may have been abducted by a noncustodial |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.12parent; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.13 (9) (11) the person has been the subject of past threats or acts of violence; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.14 (10) (12) there is evidence the person is lost in the wilderness, backcountry, or outdoors |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.15where survival is precarious and immediate and effective investigation and search and rescue |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.16efforts are critical; or |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.17 (11) (13) any other factor that the law enforcement agency deems to indicate that the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.18person may be at risk of physical injury or death, including a determination by another law |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.19enforcement agency that the person is missing and endangered. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.20 (d) "Missing" means the status of a person after a law enforcement agency that has |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.21received a report of a missing person has conducted a preliminary investigation and |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.22determined that the person cannot be located. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.23 (e) "NCIC" means National Crime Information Center. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.24 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 299C.53, is amended by adding a subdivision to |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.25read: |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.26 Subd. 5.Public and local alerts.The commissioner, in consultation with the Public and |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.27Local Alert Advisory Board, must establish policies and procedures regarding alerts to the |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.28general public about missing and endangered persons. The policies and procedures must, |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2.29at a minimum, identify what criteria should be considered when deciding whether to issue |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2.30a public alert, the type of information that should be shared with the public, the form in |
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| 61 | 61 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 62 | 62 | | 25-04917 as introduced03/17/25 REVISOR KLL/NS 3.1which information should be transmitted, the way in which the alerts should interact with |
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| 63 | 63 | | 3.2local alert networks, and the recommended geographic scope for alerts. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 3.3 Sec. 3. [299C.533] PUBLIC AND LOCAL ALERT ADVISORY BOARD. |
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| 65 | 65 | | 3.4 Subdivision 1.Advisory board.The Public and Local Alert Advisory Board is |
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| 66 | 66 | | 3.5established to provide advice and guidance to the commissioner of public safety related to |
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| 67 | 67 | | 3.6notifying the general public about missing and endangered persons. |
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| 68 | 68 | | 3.7 Subd. 2.Membership; officers.(a) The advisory board consists of the following |
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| 69 | 69 | | 3.8individuals: |
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| 70 | 70 | | 3.9 (1) the commissioner of health or a designee; |
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| 71 | 71 | | 3.10 (2) the commissioner of human services or a designee; |
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| 72 | 72 | | 3.11 (3) the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension or a designee; |
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| 73 | 73 | | 3.12 (4) the Minnesota AMBER Alert coordinator; |
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| 74 | 74 | | 3.13 (5) the chair of the Minnesota Board on Aging or a designee; |
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| 75 | 75 | | 3.14 (6) a chief of police, selected by the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association; |
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| 76 | 76 | | 3.15 (7) a sheriff, selected by the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association; |
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| 77 | 77 | | 3.16 (8) the chair of the Minnesota Broadcasters Association or a designee; |
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| 78 | 78 | | 3.17 (9) the chair of the Minnesota-North Dakota chapter of the Alzheimer's Association or |
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| 79 | 79 | | 3.18a designee; |
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| 80 | 80 | | 3.19 (10) the chief executive officer of The Arc Minnesota or a designee; |
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| 81 | 81 | | 3.20 (11) the executive director of the Autism Society of Minnesota or a designee; |
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| 82 | 82 | | 3.21 (12) the chair of the Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance or a designee; and |
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| 83 | 83 | | 3.22 (13) the executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Minnesota or a |
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| 84 | 84 | | 3.23designee. |
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| 85 | 85 | | 3.24 (b) Section 15.059, subdivisions 3 and 4, govern compensation and removal of members. |
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| 86 | 86 | | 3.25 (c) At the first meeting, the members of the advisory board shall elect a chair and may |
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| 87 | 87 | | 3.26elect other officers as the members deem necessary. The advisory board may adopt |
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| 88 | 88 | | 3.27procedures to govern its conduct. |
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| 89 | 89 | | 3Sec. 3. |
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| 90 | 90 | | 25-04917 as introduced03/17/25 REVISOR KLL/NS 4.1 Subd. 3.Duties.The advisory board shall offer advice to the commissioner on the |
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| 91 | 91 | | 4.2development of policies and procedures regarding when the general public should receive |
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| 92 | 92 | | 4.3alerts about missing and endangered persons. At a minimum, the advisory board must: |
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| 93 | 93 | | 4.4 (1) identify the types of cases in which the public should receive alerts; |
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| 94 | 94 | | 4.5 (2) identify existing methods of providing public alerts; |
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| 95 | 95 | | 4.6 (3) recommend the types of information that should be included in an alert; |
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| 96 | 96 | | 4.7 (4) recommend how the alert system should interact with existing local alert systems; |
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| 97 | 97 | | 4.8 (5) recommend appropriate geographic limitations for certain alerts; and |
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| 98 | 98 | | 4.9 (6) identify appropriate community partners to facilitate effective alerts. |
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| 99 | 99 | | 4.10 Subd. 4.Advisory board is permanent.Notwithstanding section 15.059, this section |
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| 100 | 100 | | 4.11does not expire. |
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| 101 | 101 | | 4.12 Subd. 5.Funding.The commissioner may accept lawful grants and in-kind contributions |
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| 102 | 102 | | 4.13from any federal, state, or local source; legal business; or individual not funded by this |
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| 103 | 103 | | 4.14section for general operation support, including personnel costs. These grants or in-kind |
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| 104 | 104 | | 4.15contributions are not to be directed toward the case of a particular victim. The advisory |
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| 105 | 105 | | 4.16board's fiscal agent shall handle all funds approved by the commissioner, including in-kind |
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| 106 | 106 | | 4.17contributions. |
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| 107 | 107 | | 4Sec. 3. |
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| 108 | 108 | | 25-04917 as introduced03/17/25 REVISOR KLL/NS |
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