KentuckyAN ACT relating to missing children.
What it does
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 17to Committee on Committees (H)Latest
- Mar 17received in House
- Mar 163rd reading, passed 35-0Passed Senate
- Vote recorded PASS SB 289. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 13posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 16 2026
- Mar 132nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Mar 12reported favorably, 1st reading, to CalendarMinor
- Mar 9to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)Minor
- Feb 27to Committee on Committees (S)Minor
- Feb 27introduced in SenateIntroduced