Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: age for the issuance of a Missing Child Alert.
Children Justice department of
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Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
The Department of Justice currently administers several alert systems, under which DOJ works with law enforcement agencies, broadcasters, and others to disseminate information regarding certain cases involving endangered children, veterans at risk, missing persons at risk, and missing children at risk. These alerts are commonly known, respectively, as Amber Alerts, Green Alerts, Silver Alerts, or Missing Child Alerts.
Under current law, the Missing Child Alert applies to a missing person under 18 who is not covered by the Amber Alert if the minor is believed to be incapable of returning home without assistance due to a physical or mental condition or disability or if the minor is under 10. Under this bill, the minor must be under 12 instead of under 10 before a Missing Child Alert could be issued for the missing minor without further conditions.
Sponsors
Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Behnke (R) , Clancy (D) , Dittrich (R) , Fitzgerald (D) , Franklin (R) , Goeben (R) , Haywood (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kaufert (R) , Kitchens (R) , Madison (D) , McCarville (D) , Melotik (R) , Miresse (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Phelps (D) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D)
16 cosponsors
Dassler-Alfheim (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Goodwin and Emerson , J. Jacobson (D) , James (R) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Marklein (R) , Moore Omokunde and Tenorio , Pfaff (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D)
Registered lobbying interests · 1
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Votes
Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0
Passed 14–0 Dec 17, 2025 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Stubbs, Spiros, Rodriguez, Anderson, Behnke, Clancy, Dittrich, Fitzgerald, Franklin, Goeben, Haywood, Joers, Johnson, Kaufert, Madison, McCarville, Melotik, Miresse, Murphy, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, O'Connor, Palmeri, Phelps, Piwowarczyk, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Steffen, Stroud and Kitchens; cosponsored by Senators James, L. Johnson, Dassler-Alfheim, Keyeski, Larson, Marklein, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer
- Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Oct 10, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Nov 18, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Dec 1, 2025 · Assembly
- Dec 3, 2025 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Dec 17, 2025 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- Dec 17, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 7, 2026 · Assembly
Representative DeSmidt added as a coauthor
- Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 12, 2026 · Assembly
Representatives Moore Omokunde and Tenorio added as coauthors
- Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Vining added as a coauthor
- Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1