S-3461.1
SENATE BILL 5822
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2026 Regular Session
By Senators Torres, Dozier, Wagoner, and J. Wilson
Prefiled 12/03/25. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee on Law & Justice.
AN ACT Relating to missing persons alert systems; amending RCW 13.60.010 and 13.60.050 ; adding a new section to chapter 13.60 RCW; and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 13.60.010 and 2022 c 256 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The Washington state patrol shall establish a missing children and endangered person clearinghouse which shall include the maintenance and operation of a toll-free telephone hotline. The clearinghouse shall distribute information to local law enforcement agencies, school districts, the department of children, youth, and families, and the general public regarding missing children and endangered persons. The information shall include pictures, bulletins, training sessions, reports, and biographical materials that will assist in local law enforcement efforts to locate missing children and endangered persons. The state patrol shall also maintain a regularly updated computerized link with national and other statewide missing person systems or clearinghouses, and , within existing resources, shall develop and implement a plan, commonly known as an "amber alert plan" which includes the "amber alert" designation; or an "endangered missing person advisory plan" which includes "endangered person alert," "silver alert , " and "missing indigenous person alert" designations ; for (( voluntary )) mandatory cooperation (( between )) by local, state, tribal, and other law enforcement agencies(( , )) and state government agencies(( , )) ; and voluntary cooperation by radio and television stations, cable and satellite systems, and social media pages and sites to enhance the public's ability to assist in recovering abducted children and missing endangered persons consistent with the state endangered missing person advisory plan.