SB65 Summary

• Creates three new crimes of failure to report a missing child (ages 12 and under): first degree (Class B felony) requires reporting within 12 hours if child suffers great bodily harm; second degree (Class C felony) requires reporting within 24 hours; third degree (Class A misdemeanor) requires reporting within 12 hours.

• Establishes crime of failure to report the death of a child (Class C felony) requiring parents or guardians to report a child's death to law enforcement within one hour of learning of the death or finding the corpse.

• Creates new crime of false reporting to law enforcement authorities in the first degree (Class C felony) when a parent or guardian knowingly gives false information to obstruct a missing child or felony investigation.

• Amends existing false reporting statute (Section 13A-10-9) to redesignate it as false reporting in the second degree (Class A misdemeanor) for knowingly making false crime reports to law enforcement.

• Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval, and is known as "Caylee's Law."