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Section A. Section 210.1012, RSMo, is repealed and one 1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