· KY legislature · 2026RS

AN ACT relating to missing children.

Amend KRS 16.175 to expand the criteria for determining when an Amber alert should be initiated to include when a child's disappearance may not have been voluntary and the physical safety of the child may be endangered and when a child is committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice or in the temporary custody of…

Sponsor

Lindsey Tichenor (R-KY)

Introduced

2026-02-27

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Latest action

to Committee on Committees (H)