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Committee advances bill creating 'ebony' and 'purple' alerts and shifts missing-persons website to State Patrol
Summary
The committee reported out SSB 60-70, which creates streamlined 'ebony' and 'purple' alerts for certain missing endangered persons, broadens missing-endangered-person definitions, and transfers the statewide missing persons website to the Washington State Patrol; members voiced concerns about surveillance and Fourth Amendment implications.
On Feb. 24 the House Community Safety Committee reported engrossed second substitute Senate Bill 60-70 out of committee with a due-pass recommendation, advancing a package of changes to missing-persons alerts and statewide missing-persons infrastructure.
Staff described the bill as expanding circumstances under which devices may be used for community-caretaking functions, establishing "ebony" alerts for missing Black persons and "purple" alerts for missing people with disabilities, and transferring responsibility…
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