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Committee backs missing‑persons alerts expansion; privacy and surveillance concerns surface
Summary
The committee heard broad public support for SB 60 70 to add 'purple' and 'ebony' endangered‑missing alerts and modernize tools for locating missing people, while privacy advocates warned the bill expands intrusive electronic surveillance. Supporters cited rapid recoveries under similar programs and urged quick adoption.
The House Community Safety Committee heard lengthy testimony on Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 60 70, a package that would (1) authorize limited court‑authorized use of pen registers, trap‑and‑trace and cell‑site simulator devices for community‑caretaking missing‑person searches with 48‑hour judicial review; (2) create two new alert designations — "ebony" alerts for missing Black persons and "purple" alerts for missing people with disabilities — within Washington's Endangered Missing Person Advisory plan; and (3) shift responsibility for the statewide…
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