Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri Senate Bill SB611 Compare Versions

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2	2	EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
3	3	and is intended to be omitted in the law.
4	4	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
5	5	SENATE BILL NO. 611
6	6	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
7	7	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MAY.
8	8	2426S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	To repeal section 210.1012, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to
11	11	emergency notification systems, with penalty provisions.
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13	13	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
14	14	Section A. Section 210.1012, RSMo, is repealed and one 1
15	15	new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 2
16	16	210.1012, to read as follows:3
17	17	210.1012. 1. There is hereby created a statewide 1
18	18	program called the "Amber Alert System" referred to in this 2
19	19	section as the "system" to aid in the identification and 3
20	20	location of an abducted child or an abducted or missing 4
21	21	Black youth. 5
22	22	2. For the purposes of this section, the following 6
23	23	terms mean: 7
24	24	(1) "Abducted child" [means], a child whose 8
25	25	whereabouts are unknown and who is: 9
26	26	[(1)] (a) Less than eighteen years of age and 10
27	27	reasonably believed to be the victim of the crime of 11
28	28	kidnapping or kidnapping in the first degree as defined by 12
29	29	section 565.110 as determined by local law enforcement; 13
30	30	[(2)] (b) Reasonably believed to be the victim of the 14
31	31	crime of child kidnapping as defined by section 565.115 as 15
32	32	determined by local law enforcement; or 16
33	33	[(3)] (c) Less than eighteen years of age and at least 17
34	34	fourteen years of age and who, if under the age of fourteen, 18 SB 611 2
35	35	would otherwise be reasonably believed to be a victim of 19
36	36	child kidnapping as defined by section 565.115 as dete rmined 20
37	37	by local law enforcement ; 21
38	38	(2) "Abducted or missing Black youth", a Black 22
39	39	individual whose whereabouts are unknown and who is: 23
40	40	(a) Less than twenty-five years of age and reasonably 24
41	41	believed to be the victim of the offense of kidnapping or 25
42	42	kidnapping in the first degree as defined by section 565.110 26
43	43	as determined by local law enforcement; 27
44	44	(b) Reasonably believed to be the victim of the 28
45	45	offense of child kidnapping as defined by section 565.115 as 29
46	46	determined by local law enforcem ent; 30
47	47	(c) Less than twenty-five years of age and at least 31
48	48	fourteen years of age and who, if under the age of fourteen, 32
49	49	would otherwise be reasonably believed to be a victim of 33
50	50	child kidnapping as defined by section 565.115 as determined 34
51	51	by local law enforcement; or 35
52	52	(d) Reasonably believed to be a victim of an offense 36
53	53	of trafficking pursuant to sections 566.206, 566.209, 37
54	54	566.210, or 566.211. 38
55	55	3. The department of public safety shall develop 39
56	56	regions to provide the system. The department of public 40
57	57	safety shall coordinate local law enforcement agencies and 41
58	58	public commercial television and radio broadcasters to 42
59	59	provide an effective system. In the event that a local law 43
60	60	enforcement agency opts not to set up a system and an 44
61	61	abduction occurs within the jurisdiction, it shall notify 45
62	62	the department of public safety who will notify local media 46
63	63	in the region. 47
64	64	4. The Amber alert system shall include all state 48
65	65	agencies capable of providing urgent and timely information 49
66	66	to the public together with broadcasters and other private 50 SB 611 3
67	67	entities that volunteer to participate in the dissemination 51
68	68	of urgent public information. At a minimum, the Amber alert 52
69	69	system shall include the department of public safety, 53
70	70	highway patrol, department of tr ansportation, department of 54
71	71	health and senior services, and Missouri lottery. 55
72	72	5. The department of public safety shall have the 56
73	73	authority to notify other regions upon verification that the 57
74	74	criteria established by the oversight committee has been m et. 58
75	75	6. Participation in an Amber alert system is entirely 59
76	76	at the option of local law enforcement agencies and 60
77	77	federally licensed radio and television broadcasters. 61
78	78	7. Any person who knowingly makes a false report that 62
79	79	triggers an alert pursu ant to this section is guilty of a 63
80	80	class A misdemeanor. 64
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