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Committee advances changes to Silver Alert law after family testimony about missing veteran
Summary
Senate Bill 20-98, which consolidates and clarifies North Dakota's Amber, Blue and Silver alert statutes and widens Silver Alert eligibility criteria, drew extensive testimony from law enforcement, search‑and‑rescue volunteers and a family whose missing father prompted the change.
Senate Bill 20-98, sponsored on the House side by Senator Diane Larson, would consolidate the state's alert statutes and clarify who qualifies for Silver Alerts, the law‑enforcement notices used for missing vulnerable adults. Sgt. Jenna Clausen of the Highway Patrol, who operates as the state’s alerts coordinator, described how the Silver Alert currently requires a person to be reported missing and be a vulnerable adult (often age 65 or older, or a developmentally disabled minor under existing code) and that an alert must include descriptive information to be usable by the public.
“Silver alerts is what we're here to talk about today,” Sgt. Jenna told the committee. “...This right now involves missing people who are…
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