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CS/CS/SB 844: Orange Alert

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Infrastructure and Security ; Berman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bean ; Hutson ; Gibson

Orange Alert; Redefining the term “missing endangered person” to include a missing adult who meets the criteria for activation of the Orange Alert of the Department of Law Enforcement; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the Department of the Lottery, and local law enforcement agencies, to establish and implement the Orange Alert; authorizing local law enforcement agencies to broadcast to subscribers of notifications, to the media, and on lottery terminals about certain missing adults, etc. APPROPRIATION: $322,836

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Infrastructure and Security (IS)
  2. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  3. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/7/2019 Senate • Filed
2/15/2019 Senate • Referred to Infrastructure and Security; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations -SJ 95
3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 95
3/7/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Infrastructure and Security, 03/12/19, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
3/12/2019 Senate • CS by Infrastructure and Security; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 256
3/14/2019 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
3/20/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/25/19, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
3/21/2019 Senate • CS by Infrastructure and Security read 1st time -SJ 259
3/25/2019 Senate • Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 265
3/26/2019 Senate • Now in Appropriations
4/8/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/11/19, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/11/2019 Senate • CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 -SJ 349
4/15/2019 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
4/16/2019 Senate • CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 353
5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died on Calendar