S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3491
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 28, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing for a formal
process for a parent or legal guardian to request the issuance of an
AMBER alert
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraphs (vi) and (vii) of paragraph (b) of subdivi-
sion 14 of section 837-f of the executive law, as amended by chapter 381
of the laws of 2004, are amended to read as follows:
(vi) police agencies not connected with the basic police communication
system in use in such jurisdiction may transmit such information to the
nearest or most convenient electronic entry point, from which point it
may be promptly dispatched, in conformity with the orders, rules or
regulations governing the system; [and]
(vii) A FORMAL PROCESS IS ESTABLISHED BY WHICH A PARENT OR LEGAL GUAR-
DIAN MAY REQUEST THAT A MISSING CHILD ALERT BE ISSUED. SUCH REQUEST
SHALL BE MADE TO THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE FOR REVIEW; AND
(VIII) no dispatch or transmission of a report concerning a missing
child shall be required by such plan, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH
(VII) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, if the investigating police department advises,
in its discretion, that the release of such information may jeopardize
the investigation or the safety of the child, or requests forbearance
for any reason.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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