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Committee adopts amendments to Silver Alert bill to clarify 'endangered individual' standard
Summary
The committee unanimously adopted amendments to Senate Bill 2098 to move the Silver Alert definition earlier in the statute, change language to 'endangered individual' and refine notice and duration language; the amended bill received a 6-0 do-pass recommendation and a committee member agreed to carry it.
The Senate State and Local Government Committee on Monday adopted a package of amendments to Senate Bill 2098 that clarify the state's Silver Alert law and streamline the language used to trigger and issue an alert for missing vulnerable adults.
Committee discussion centered on replacing the older phrasing with a clearer "endangered individual" standard, moving the Silver Alert…
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