Committee unanimously approves Turnpike data-sharing amendment for AMBER alerts

Oct 6, 2026

The House Judiciary Committee unanimously adopted an amendment narrowing shareable Turnpike data in Senate Bill 1273, which authorizes the Turnpike Commission to provide vehicle-movement information to law enforcement during AMBER and missing-person alerts; the committee reported the bill as amended.

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Counsel Babb described Senate Bill 1273 (Senator Bartolotta) as an amendment to Title 74 to permit the Turnpike Commission to share vehicle-movement information with law enforcement when an AMBER or missing-person alert is issued. The committee considered amendment A04447 (Briggs), which limits the scope of shareable information to reasonably tailored vehicle movement data tied to the alert.

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