AL HB19

Creates an "Ebony Alert" notification system to issue and coordinate alerts for Black youth ages 12-25, including young women and girls, reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances.

Local law enforcement agencies may request activation of an Ebony Alert through the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, which must concur that activation criteria are met before issuing alerts via be-on-the-lookout notices, electronic flyers, or changeable message signs.

Alerts may be activated if law enforcement determines the missing individual has a mental or physical disability, faces physical danger, may be subject to trafficking, abduction, or kidnapping, or is in the company of a potentially dangerous person.

Requires law enforcement to have utilized available local resources and possess information that public dissemination could assist in safe recovery of the missing individual before activation.

Becomes effective on October 1, 2025.