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Senate unanimously passes bill creating "Purple Alert" and expanding endangered‑person criteria
Summary
Second substitute Senate Bill 6,070 would add a named color alert (Purple Alert) and expand definitions for vulnerable and endangered missing persons; sponsors said the change improves recovery tools and follows recommendations from task forces, and the Senate approved it unanimously.
The Washington State Senate on Feb. 20 passed second substitute Senate Bill 6,070, which creates a named alert for certain missing persons and updates statutory definitions used to identify vulnerable or endangered adults.
Senator Dhingra, sponsor and chair of the Law and Justice Committee, said the bill does three things: adopt an "ebony / Purple" alert to address disparities in recoveries among Black…
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