NY State Senate Bill 2025-S6865A

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 15, 2026	print number 6865a
May 15, 2026	amend and recommit to codes
Jan 07, 2026	referred to codes
Mar 25, 2025	referred to codes

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2025-S6865 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8386
Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Add §837-f-3, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S8345

2025-S6865 - Summary

Provides for the creation of an ebony alert system to be activated on behalf of Black youth who are reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, at risk, developmentally disabled, or cognitively impaired, or who have been abducted.

2025-S6865 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6865

SPONSOR: WEBB
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the creation of a
"ebony alert system" for missing Black youth

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL:

This bill provide a formal process for a parent or legal guardian to
request the issuance of an EBONY alert

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill enacts an Ebony alert system to notify the public of missing
black youth, including young women, men, nonbinary, boys, and girls, who
are reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, at
risk, developmentally disabled, or cognitively impaired, or who have
been abducted to aid in the identification, location, and apprehension
of any individual.

Section 2 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs,
there are approximately 600,000 people who go missing each year in the
United States. Nearly 40 percent of missing persons are Black or African
American. Black children make up about 38 percent of missing children
cases in the U.S. and receive less media attention.  In addition to less
coverage, black or African American youth are disproportionately classi-
fied as "runaways" in comparison to non-black individuals. Often these
classifications result in a nonissuance of an Amber Alert. Establishing
the Ebony Alert System would shorten the unequivocal societal gap while
increasing the probable chances of saving the lives of Black Youth
throughout New York State.

New York State currently has various alert systems for specified crite-
ria including the Missing Adult Alert Program, the Silver Alert System
for missing Seniors, and the Amber Alert System for missing children.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-24: S.8345

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

TBD

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act takes effect immediately.

2025-S6865 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6865
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  the  creation  of  a
   "ebony alert system" for missing Black youth
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  837-y
 to read as follows:
   §  837-Y. EBONY ALERT SYSTEM; MISSING VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 1.
 WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE OFFICE  OF
 THE  GOVERNOR,  AND  OTHER  APPROPRIATE  LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE
 STATE, THE DIVISION SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A STATEWIDE EBONY  ALERT
 SYSTEM  TO BE ACTIVATED ON BEHALF OF BLACK YOUTH, INCLUDING YOUNG WOMEN,
 MEN, NONBINARY, BOYS, AND GIRLS, WHO ARE REPORTED  MISSING  UNDER  UNEX-
 PLAINED  OR SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, AT RISK, DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED,
 OR COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED, OR WHO HAVE BEEN ABDUCTED.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DESIGNATE A  STATEWIDE  COORDINATOR  OF  THE
 EBONY  ALERT SYSTEM. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ADOPT RULES AND ISSUE DIREC-
 TIVES AS NECESSARY TO ENSURE PROPER IMPLEMENTATION OF  THE  EBONY  ALERT
 SYSTEM. THE RULES AND DIRECTIVES SHALL INCLUDE:
   (A) THE PROCEDURES TO BE USED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO DETERMINE
 THAT AN EBONY ALERT WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL IN THE INVESTIGATION OF A
 MISSING BLACK YOUTH, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:
   (I)  THE  MISSING PERSON IS TWELVE TO TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE, INCLU-
 SIVE;
   (II) THE MISSING PERSON SUFFERS FROM A MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY;
   (III) THE PERSON IS MISSING UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT INDICATE  ANY  OF
 THE FOLLOWING:
   (1) THE MISSING PERSON'S PHYSICAL SAFETY MAY BE ENDANGERED; OR
   (2) THE MISSING PERSON MAY BE SUBJECT TO TRAFFICKING;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09408-01-5
 S. 6865                             2

 
   (IV)  THE  LAW  ENFORCEMENT AGENCY DETERMINES THAT THE PERSON HAS GONE
 MISSING UNDER UNEXPLAINED OR SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES;
   (V)  THE  LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY BELIEVES THAT THE PERSON IS IN DANGER
 BECAUSE OF AGE, HEALTH, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, OR ENVIRONMENT OR
 WEATHER CONDITIONS, THAT THE PERSON IS IN THE COMPANY OF  A  POTENTIALLY
 DANGEROUS  PERSON,  OR  THAT THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS INDICATING THAT THE
 PERSON MAY BE IN PERIL;
   (VI) THE INVESTIGATING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY HAS  UTILIZED  AVAILABLE
 LOCAL RESOURCES; AND
   (VII)  THERE  IS  INFORMATION  AVAILABLE  THAT, IF DISSEMINATED TO THE
 PUBLIC, COULD ASSIST IN THE SAFE RECOVERY OF THE MISSING PERSON;
   (B) THE PROCEDURES TO BE USED BY AN INDIVIDUAL  OR  ENTITY  TO  REPORT
 INFORMATION  ABOUT  A MISSING BLACK YOUTH TO DESIGNATED MEDIA OUTLETS IN
 THE STATE;
   (C) GUIDELINES FOR RELEASING ONLY THE INFORMATION NECESSARY  IN  ORDER
 TO  PROTECT  THE PRIVACY OF A MISSING BLACK YOUTH FOR WHOM A EBONY ALERT
 HAS BEEN ISSUED, INCLUDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE HEALTH  INSURANCE  PORTA-
 BILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996; AND
   (D) FORMS FOR USE BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN REQUESTING ACTIVATION
 OF THE EBONY ALERT SYSTEM.
   3. (A) THE EBONY ALERT SYSTEM SHALL INCLUDE ALL STATE AGENCIES CAPABLE
 OF  PROVIDING URGENT AND TIMELY INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, TOGETHER WITH
 BROADCASTERS, PRIVATE COMMERCIAL ENTITIES AND  STATE  OR  LOCAL  GOVERN-
 MENTAL  ENTITIES  WHO  VOLUNTEER  TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISSEMINATION OF
 URGENT PUBLIC INFORMATION.
   (B) SUCH ALERT SYSTEM SHALL INCLUDE, BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO,  THE
 DIVISION,  THE  NEW  YORK  LOTTERY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
 WHICH SHALL ESTABLISH A PLAN FOR PROVIDING  INFORMATION  TO  THE  PUBLIC
 THROUGH  AN  EXISTING SYSTEM OF DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS LOCATED ACROSS THE
 STATE.
   4. (A) WHEN A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY REQUESTS ACTIVATION OF THE  EBONY
 ALERT SYSTEM, THE DIVISION SHALL CONFIRM THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION
 AND,  IF  CONFIRMED,  IMMEDIATELY  ISSUE  AN ALERT UNDER THIS SECTION IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH DIVISION RULES.
   (B) IN ISSUING THE ALERT, THE DIVISION SHALL SEND THE ALERT  TO  MEDIA
 OUTLETS  IN  THE  STATE,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS
 SECTION. FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF THE ALERT, PARTICIPATING MEDIA OUTLETS MAY
 ISSUE THE ALERT AT DESIGNATED INTERVALS TO ASSIST IN LOCATING THE  MISS-
 ING BLACK YOUTH.
   (C)  UPON  ACTIVATION  OF  THE  EBONY  ALERT  SYSTEM, THE DIVISION MAY
 REQUEST INTERSTATE ACTIVATION IN A NEIGHBORING STATE OR  CANADIAN  PROV-
 INCE  IF  WARRANTED.  IF AN ACTIVATION AREA IS ADJACENT TO A BORDER, THE
 UNITED STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL AND CANADIAN CUSTOMS SHALL  ALSO
 RECEIVE NOTIFICATION.
   (D) THE ALERT MUST INCLUDE:
   (I)  ALL  APPROPRIATE INFORMATION THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE LAW ENFORCE-
 MENT AGENCY UNDER THIS SECTION AND THAT MAY LEAD TO THE SAFE RECOVERY OF
 THE MISSING BLACK YOUTH; AND
   (II) A STATEMENT INSTRUCTING ANY PERSON WITH  INFORMATION  RELATED  TO
 THE  MISSING BLACK YOUTH TO CONTACT THE APPLICABLE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
 CY.
   (E) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL TERMINATE ANY ACTIVATION OF THE ALERT  WITH
 RESPECT  TO  A PARTICULAR MISSING BLACK YOUTH NOT LATER THAN THE EARLIER
 OF THE DATE ON WHICH:
   (I) THE MISSING BLACK YOUTH IS LOCATED, OR THE SITUATION IS  OTHERWISE
 RESOLVED; OR
 S. 6865                             3
 
   (II)  THE  NOTIFICATION  PERIOD  ENDS, AS DETERMINED BY THE DIVISION'S
 RULES.
   (F) A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT LOCATES A MISSING BLACK YOUTH WHO IS
 THE  SUBJECT OF AN ALERT UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOTIFY THE DIVISION AS
 SOON AS POSSIBLE THAT THE MISSING BLACK YOUTH HAS BEEN LOCATED.
   5. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS NOT REQUIRED TO USE ANY  EXIST-
 ING  SYSTEM OF DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS IN A STATEWIDE ALERT SYSTEM CREATED
 UNDER THIS SECTION IF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION  RECEIVES  NOTICE
 FROM  THE  UNITED  STATES  DEPARTMENT  OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL HIGHWAY
 ADMINISTRATION THAT THE USE OF THE SIGNS WOULD RESULT  IN  THE  LOSS  OF
 FEDERAL  HIGHWAY  FUNDING  OR  OTHER  PUNITIVE ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST THE
 STATE DUE TO NONCOMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAWS, REGULATIONS, OR POLICIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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2025-S6865A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8386
Current Committee:: Senate Codes
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Add §837-f-3, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S8345

2025-S6865A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S6865A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6865A

SPONSOR: WEBB
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the creation of a
"ebony alert system" for missing Black youth

 
PURPOSE:

This bill creates the Ebony Alert System to be activated when black
youth are reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill creates a new § 837-f-3 of the Executive Law
establishing an Ebony Alert System within the Division of Criminal
Justice Services (DCJS), in consultation with the State Police, to
disseminate information regarding missing persons.

Under the Ebony Alert System, law enforcement agencies investigating a
missing person case can request activation an alert through the Missing

Children Clearinghouse when the missing individual is between 12 and 25
years of age; the disappearance is unexplained or suspicious; the indi-
vidual suffers from a mental or physical disability; may be at risk of
trafficking, exploitation, or other criminal activity; is believed to be
in danger or peril; and sufficient descriptive infolination exists to
assist in recovery efforts. DCJS and the State Police will evaluate the
request to determine all the activation criteria has been met and issue
the alert.

Upon activation of an Ebony Alert, DCJS is authorized to disseminate
infonnation on the missing person through law enforcement communications
systems, broadcast and digital media, wireless emergency alerts, social
media platforms, and other public notification systems used by the Miss-
ing Children Clearinghouse.

DCJS is required to coordinate with, the State Police, the Division of
Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES), the Department of
Transportation (DOT), local law enforcement agencies, and other appro-
priate entities involved in missing persons investigations. DOT may
disseminate alert information through highway communication systems
consistent with applicable federal law.

If DCJS determines that an Ebony Alert has crossed jurisdictional bound-
aries (e.g state borders), the agency is authorized to work with law
enforcement agencies in that jurisdiction to disseminate information and
facilitate locating the missing individual.

DCJS is required to ensure that the dissemination of information through
the Ebony Alert System is conducted in a manner consistent with state
and federal privacy laws and limited to what is necessary to locate the
individual. The Commissioner of DCJS, in consultation with the State
Police, is directed to develop rules and regulations to carry out the
implementation of the Ebony Alert System, which must operate in coordi-
nation with other statewide missing persons alert systems and prohibits
simultaneous activation of multiple statewide alert systems for the same
missing person.

Section 2 mandates that the Commissioner of the DCJS submit an annual
report to the Governor and Legislature outlining the activities of the
Ebony Alert System, including statistical information and a summary of
activities undertaken pursuant to the program.

Section 3 sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs,
there are approximately 600,000 people who go missing each year in the
United States. Nearly 40 percent of missing persons are Black or African
American. Black children make up about 38 percent of missing children
cases in the U.S. and receive less media attention.  In addition to less
coverage, black or African American youth are disproportionately classi-
fied as "runaways" in comparison to non-black individuals. Often these
classifications result in a nonissuance of an Amber Alert. Establishing
the Ebony Alert System would shorten the unequivocal societal gap while
increasing the probable chances of saving the lives of Black Youth
throughout New York State.

New York State currently has various alert systems for specified crite-
ria including the Missing Adult Alert Program, the Silver Alert System
for missing Seniors, and the Amber Alert System for missing children.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-24: S.8345

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
90 days after it becomes law.

2025-S6865A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6865--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  WEBB,  COMRIE, FERNANDEZ, GONZALEZ, LIU, RAMOS --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the  Committee  on  Codes  -- recommitted to the Committee on Codes in
   accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  the  creation  of  a
   "ebony alert system" for missing Black youth
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new  section
 837-f-3 to read as follows:
   §  837-F-3.  EBONY  ALERT  SYSTEM. 1. THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
 SERVICES, THROUGH THE MISSING CHILDREN CLEARINGHOUSE AND IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE, SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN EBONY
 ALERT SYSTEM ON BEHALF OF BLACK YOUTH, TO PROVIDE  PROMPT  DISSEMINATION
 OF  INFORMATION  TO  THE  PUBLIC  REGARDING MISSING PERSONS WHO MEET THE
 CRITERIA ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   2. A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY INVESTIGATING A MISSING  PERSON  CASE  MAY
 REQUEST ACTIVATION OF AN EBONY ALERT THROUGH THE MISSING CHILDREN CLEAR-
 INGHOUSE.  UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH REQUEST, THE DIVISION, THROUGH THE MISS-
 ING CHILDREN CLEARINGHOUSE AND IN  COORDINATION  WITH  THE  DIVISION  OF
 STATE  POLICE,  SHALL  EVALUATE  THE REQUEST AND DETERMINE WHETHER ACTI-
 VATION CRITERIA HAVE BEEN MET.
   3. AN EBONY ALERT MAY BE ACTIVATED WHEN THE DIVISION DETERMINES THAT:
   (A) THE MISSING PERSON IS TWELVE TO TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF  AGE,  INCLU-
 SIVE;
   (B) THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SUCH PERSON IS UNEXPLAINED OR SUSPICIOUS;
   (C) THE MISSING PERSON SUFFERS FROM A MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY;
   (D)  THE  MISSING  PERSON  MAY  BE  AT RISK OF HARM, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO TRAFFICKING, EXPLOITATION, OR OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09408-03-6

 S. 6865--A                          2
 
   (E) THE INDIVIDUAL IS BELIEVED TO BE IN DANGER OR OTHERWISE IN  PERIL;
 AND
   (F) SUFFICIENT DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE THAT DISSEMINATION
 TO THE PUBLIC COULD ASSIST IN THE SAFE RECOVERY OF SUCH PERSON.
   4.  UPON  ACTIVATION  OF  AN EBONY ALERT, THE DIVISION MAY DISSEMINATE
 INFORMATION REGARDING THE MISSING PERSON  THROUGH  APPROPRIATE  COMMUNI-
 CATIONS SYSTEMS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (A) LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS;
   (B) BROADCAST AND DIGITAL MEDIA OUTLETS;
   (C)  WIRELESS  EMERGENCY  ALERTS  OR  OTHER  PUBLIC ALERT NOTIFICATION
 SYSTEMS;
   (D) INTERNET OR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS UTILIZED  BY  THE  DIVISION  OR
 PARTICIPATING AGENCIES; AND
   (E) OTHER PUBLIC NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS UTILIZED BY THE MISSING CHILDREN
 CLEARINGHOUSE.
   5.  IN IMPLEMENTING THE EBONY ALERT SYSTEM, THE DIVISION SHALL COORDI-
 NATE WITH THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE, THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURI-
 TY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,  LOCAL  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, AND OTHER APPROPRIATE ENTITIES INVOLVED IN MISSING
 PERSONS INVESTIGATIONS.
   6.  THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MAY ASSIST IN DISSEMINATING EBONY
 ALERT INFORMATION THROUGH DYNAMIC MESSAGE SIGNS OR OTHER HIGHWAY  COMMU-
 NICATION SYSTEMS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH USE COMPLIES WITH APPLICABLE FEDER-
 AL LAWS AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING HIGHWAY SIGNAGE.
   7.  WHEN  THE  DIVISION DETERMINES THAT A MISSING PERSON SUBJECT TO AN
 EBONY ALERT MAY HAVE CROSSED JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES, THE DIVISION MAY
 COORDINATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN OTHER  STATES  OR  JURISDIC-
 TIONS TO DISSEMINATE ALERT INFORMATION AND FACILITATE RECOVERY.
   8.  IN ADMINISTERING THE EBONY ALERT SYSTEM, THE DIVISION SHALL ENSURE
 THAT DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION IS CONDUCTED IN  A  MANNER  CONSISTENT
 WITH  APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL PRIVACY LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND THAT
 INFORMATION RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC  IS  LIMITED  TO  THAT  NECESSARY  TO
 ASSIST IN THE RECOVERY OF THE MISSING PERSON.
   9. THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE
 AND THE MISSING CHILDREN CLEARINGHOUSE, SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   10.  THE EBONY ALERT SYSTEM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL
 OPERATE IN COORDINATION  WITH  OTHER  STATEWIDE  MISSING  PERSONS  ALERT
 SYSTEMS  ADMINISTERED  BY  THE  DIVISION.  THE  DIVISION SHALL DETERMINE
 WHETHER ACTIVATION OF AN EBONY ALERT IS  APPROPRIATE  WHEN  THE  CIRCUM-
 STANCES  OF THE DISAPPEARANCE DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR ACTIVATION OF
 ANOTHER MISSING PERSONS ALERT SYSTEM ADMINISTERED BY THE DIVISION. NOTH-
 ING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PERMIT THE SIMULTANEOUS  ACTI-
 VATION OF MULTIPLE STATEWIDE ALERT SYSTEMS FOR THE SAME MISSING PERSON.
   §  2.  The  commissioner  of the division of criminal justice services
 shall submit an annual report to the governor and legislature  regarding
 the activities of the ebony alert system, including statistical informa-
 tion  involving  reported  cases  of  missing  individuals that meet the
 criteria established under section 837-f-3 of the executive  law  and  a
 summary of the division's efforts with respect to the activities author-
 ized under this act.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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