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Prince George's County enacts law to eliminate waiting periods for missing-person reports
Summary
The council unanimously passed CB2-2026 to require prompt acceptance of missing-person reports, remove mandatory waiting periods and require public-facing notice; council members and family members described the measure as a response to local cases of missing people.
The Prince George's County Council on April 7 enacted CB2-2026, a measure to ensure prompt acceptance of missing-person reports and to prohibit mandatory waiting periods before a report is filed.
The bill, described in the hearing as eliminating mandatory delays in taking missing-persons reports, also requires a written policy for implementation and public-facing notice that no waiting period is imposed. Sponsors listed in the record included Fisher, Orietta, Hunter, Adams, Olsen, Ivy, Denoga, Adams,…
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