The Florida Senate

HB 597: Missing Person Investigations

GENERAL BILL by Powell

Missing Person Investigations; Revises definition of term "missing endangered person"; provides that certain persons are immune from civil liability for damages for complying with request to release Lime Alert information to appropriate agencies; provides presumption that certain persons & entities recording, reporting, transmitting, displaying, or releasing such information acted in good faith; specifies that only law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over case may request that Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse activate state Lime Alert involving missing person who is suspected by law enforcement agency of meeting criteria for activation of Lime Alert Plan.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  11/6/2015	House	• Filed
  11/17/2015	House	• Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 52
  1/12/2016	House	• Introduced -HJ 52
  3/11/2016	House	• Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

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• HB 597, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/6/2015 at 2:20 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Citations - Statutes (3)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  937.0201	Definitions.	Page 1 (pdf)
  937.021	Missing child and missing adult reports.	Page 2 (pdf)
  937.022	Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse.	Page 5 (pdf)

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