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CS/SB 640: Purple Alert

GENERAL BILL by Transportation ; Berman

Purple Alert; Requiring local law enforcement agencies to develop policies for a local activation of a Purple Alert for certain missing adults; specifying duties of the Department of Law Enforcement’s Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse in the event of a state Purple Alert; specifying conditions under which a local law enforcement agency may request the clearinghouse to open a case, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2024
 Last Action: 3/1/2024 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 937 (Ch. 2024-82) -SJ 586
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Transportation (TR)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/29/2023 Senate • Filed
12/13/2023 Senate • Referred to Transportation; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
1/9/2024 Senate • Introduced
1/12/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Transportation, 01/17/24, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
1/17/2024 Senate • CS by Transportation; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
1/18/2024 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
• CS by Transportation read 1st time
2/5/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice, 02/08/24, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
2/8/2024 Senate • Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
• Now in Fiscal Policy
2/12/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/15/24, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/15/2024 Senate • Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
2/16/2024 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2/28/2024 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/24
3/1/2024 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 586
• Substituted HB 937 -SJ 586
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 937 (Ch. 2024-82) -SJ 586