Assembly Bill A6190

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a coordinated law enforcement adult rescue "teal alert" for missing adults

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A6190 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S143
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add §837-f-3, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S7584
2023-2024: A3230, S2274

2025-A6190 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a coordinated law enforcement adult rescue "teal alert" for missing adults; provides that local law enforcement agencies notify the division of criminal justice services about missing adults; provides that such division shall issue an alert about such missing adult.

2025-A6190 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6190
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GANDOLFO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting "Gabby's law"
   establishing  a  coordinated law enforcement adult rescue "teal alert"
   for missing adults

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 "Gabby's law" establishing a "teal alert".
   § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  837-f-3  to
 read as follows:
   §  837-F-3. COORDINATED LAW ENFORCEMENT ADULT RESCUE ALERT FOR MISSING
 ADULTS. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "ADULT" MEANS A PERSON WHO IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR  OLDER  BUT
 YOUNGER THAN SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE.
   (B)  "ALERT"  MEANS  THE  STATEWIDE  COORDINATED LAW ENFORCEMENT ADULT
 RESCUE ALERT FOR MISSING ADULTS THAT IS DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED  UNDER
 THIS SECTION.
   (C) "BODILY INJURY" MEANS PHYSICAL PAIN, ILLNESS, OR ANY IMPAIRMENT OF
 PHYSICAL CONDITION.
   (D) "LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY" MEANS A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
 CY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE INVESTIGATION OF A MISSING ADULT.
   2.  WITH  THE  COOPERATION  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE
 OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES
 IN  THIS  STATE,  THE  DIVISION  SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM TO
 ALLOW A STATEWIDE ALERT TO BE ACTIVATED ON BEHALF OF A MISSING ADULT.
   3. (A) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BE  THE  STATEWIDE  COORDINATOR  OF  THE
 ALERT SYSTEM.
   (B)  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADOPT RULES AND ISSUE DIRECTIVES AS NECES-
 SARY TO ENSURE PROPER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ALERT SYSTEM. THE RULES  AND
 DIRECTIVES SHALL INCLUDE:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00580-01-5
              

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