HOUSE BILL NO. 5919

September 11, 2024, Introduced by Rep. Filler and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.

A bill to amend 2002 PA 712, entitled

"Michigan Amber alert act,"

by amending the title and section 3 (MCL 28.753), the title as amended by 2013 PA 91.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

TITLE

An act to prescribe the Amber alert of Michigan as the official response to reports of child abductions or certain missing children; to prohibit certain conduct; to create the Michigan Amber alert fund; to provide for the distribution of the money from the Michigan Amber alert fund; to provide for appropriations; and to prescribe penalties.

Sec. 3. The Michigan Amber alert plan shall must be activated only in accordance with the policies established by the department of state police. Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence, the policies established by the department in accordance with this section must include the activation of the Amber alert plan for reports of a missing child with special needs.