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Senate unanimously approves new 'Purple Alert' and updates for missing and endangered persons
Summary
Second Substitute SB 6,070, which creates a Purple Alert for certain missing persons and updates definitions for vulnerable adults and endangered individuals, passed the Senate unanimously after sponsors described committee support and examples of recoveries aided by color alerts.
The Senate gave final passage to Second Substitute Senate Bill 6,070, legislation to expand Washington’s missing‑person alert system by adding a Purple Alert and refining the definition of vulnerable and endangered individuals.
Senator Dhingra, who carried the bill on the floor, said the bill responds to recommendations from the MMIWP…
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