NY State Senate Bill 2025-S5699

Senate Bill S5699

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for a formal process for a parent or legal guardian to request the issuance of an AMBER alert

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee

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Feb 28, 2025	referred to children and families

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2025-S5699 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3491
Current Committee:: Senate Children And Families
Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §837-f, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S8165, A8208

2025-S5699 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a formal process for a parent or legal guardian to request the issuance of an AMBER alert.

2025-S5699 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5699

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the executive law, in relation to providing for a formal
process for a parent or legal guardian to request the issuance of an
AMBER alert

 
PURPOSE:

To provide a formal process for a parent or legal guardian to request
the issuance of an AMBER alert.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Subparagraph vii is added to the executive law, which
requires that a formal process be established for a parent or legal
guardian to request that a missing child alert be issued. The request
shall be made to the division of the state police for review.

Subparagraph viii is amended to reflect the new formal process estab-

lished in subparagraph vii.

Section 2: Sets Effective Date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This proposed legislation will empower parents to formally request a
missing child alert, including AMBER alerts, in cases of suspected Child
abductions. Recognizing the urgency, this bill considers special circum-
stances, such as children with disabilities and other situations, where
an early alert activation may be necessary. Time is a critical factor in
potential child abductions, and each passing hour diminishes the chances
of finding the child. This bill aims to establish a clear and structured
process that enables parents to seek a missing child alert from the
State Police, ensuring their active involvement in the decision-making
alongside law enforcement.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Senate

2023: N/A

2024: S8165, Referred to Children and Families

Assembly

2023: A8208A, Amend and Recommit to Children and Families

2024:  A8208A, Referred to Children and Families

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S5699 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5699
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Children  and
   Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing for a formal
   process  for  a parent or legal guardian to request the issuance of an
   AMBER alert

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraphs (vi) and (vii) of paragraph (b) of subdivi-
 sion 14 of section 837-f of the executive law, as amended by chapter 381
 of the laws of 2004, are amended to read as follows:
   (vi) police agencies not connected with the basic police communication
 system in use in such jurisdiction may transmit such information to  the
 nearest  or  most convenient electronic entry point, from which point it
 may be promptly dispatched, in conformity  with  the  orders,  rules  or
 regulations governing the system; [and]
   (vii) A FORMAL PROCESS IS ESTABLISHED BY WHICH A PARENT OR LEGAL GUAR-
 DIAN  MAY  REQUEST  THAT  A MISSING CHILD ALERT BE ISSUED.  SUCH REQUEST
 SHALL BE MADE TO THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE FOR REVIEW; AND
   (VIII) no dispatch or transmission of a report  concerning  a  missing
 child shall be required by such plan, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH
 (VII) OF THIS PARAGRAPH, if the investigating police department advises,
 in  its  discretion, that the release of such information may jeopardize
 the investigation or the safety of the child,  or  requests  forbearance
 for any reason.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06683-01-5

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