New York S 143: Establishes a coordinated law enforcement adult rescue "teal alert" for missing adults

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S00143 Summary:

BILL NOS00143 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06190

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, GALLIVAN, MURRAY, OBERACKER, STEC

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §837-f-3, Exec L

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Establishes a coordinated law enforcement adult rescue "teal alert" for missing adults; provides that local law enforcement agencies notify the division of criminal justice services about missing adults; provides that such division shall issue an alert about such missing adult.

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BILL NOS00143 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO CODES

03/11/2025NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED

05/05/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

05/21/2025RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 143

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. PALUMBO, BORRELLO, GALLIVAN, OBERACKER, STEC -- read
 twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
 Committee on Codes

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting "Gabby's law"
 establishing a coordinated law enforcement adult rescue "teal alert"
 for missing adults

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 "Gabby's law" establishing a "teal alert".
 3 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-f-3 to
 4 read as follows:
 5 § 837-f-3. Coordinated law enforcement adult rescue alert for missing
 6 adults. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:
 7 (a) "Adult" means a person who is eighteen years of age or older but
 8 younger than sixty-five years of age.
 9 (b) "Alert" means the statewide coordinated law enforcement adult
 10 rescue alert for missing adults that is developed and implemented under
 11 this section.
 12 (c) "Bodily injury" means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of
 13 physical condition.
 14 (d) "Local law enforcement agency" means a local law enforcement agen-
 15 cy with jurisdiction over the investigation of a missing adult.
 16 2. With the cooperation of the department of transportation, the
 17 office of the governor, and other appropriate law enforcement agencies
 18 in this state, the division shall develop and implement a system to
 19 allow a statewide alert to be activated on behalf of a missing adult.
 20 3. (a) The commissioner shall be the statewide coordinator of the
 21 alert system.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00580-01-5

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 1 (b) The commissioner shall adopt rules and issue directives as neces-
 2 sary to ensure proper implementation of the alert system. The rules and
 3 directives shall include:
 4 (i) the procedures to be used by a local law enforcement agency to
 5 verify whether an adult is missing and whether circumstances indicate
 6 that:
 7 (A) the missing adult is in imminent danger of bodily injury or death;
 8 or
 9 (B) the disappearance of the missing adult may not have been volun-
 10 tary, including cases of abduction or kidnapping; and
 11 (C) the missing adult's disappearance poses a credible threat to the
 12 safety and health of the individual or another identifiable person and
 13 under such circumstances also deemed appropriate by law enforcement;
 14 (ii) a description of the circumstances under which a local law
 15 enforcement agency is required to report a missing adult to the divi-
 16 sion; and
 17 (iii) the procedures to be used by an individual or entity to report
 18 information about a missing adult to designated media outlets in this
 19 state.
 20 (c) The commissioner shall prescribe forms for use by local law
 21 enforcement agencies in requesting activation of the alert system.
 22 4. The division shall recruit public and commercial television and
 23 radio broadcasters, private commercial entities, state or local govern-
 24 mental entities, the public, and other appropriate persons to assist in
 25 develop