States / Kentucky / SB 289

SB 289 Passed First Chamber

AN ACT relating to missing children.

Introduced
In Committee
Floor
Crossed Over
Passed
Enacted

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 the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, a relative, or a nonrelative placement; provide that the Act may be cited as Wynter's law.

Chamber
Senate
Introduced
Feb 27, 2026
Last action
Mar 17, 2026 — to Committee on Committees (H)
Session
2026RS
Momentum
60 · High