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AZ SB1782
Bill
Status
2/5/2026
Primary Sponsor
Sally Gonzales
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Public Safety to issue Amber alerts, turquoise alerts, and seek and find alerts for missing persons regardless of whether the individual has been classified as a runaway.
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Mandates the Department of Child Safety take all required actions for missing children—including law enforcement notifications and database entries—whether or not the child is determined to be a runaway.
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Renames the "silver alert" system to "seek and find alert" system for missing persons with developmental disabilities, cognitive disabilities, Alzheimer's, dementia, or who are 65 years or older.
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Expands eligibility criteria for seek and find alerts and turquoise alerts to explicitly include individuals who are runaways or have gone missing under unexplained circumstances.
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Requires DPS to adopt a rule ensuring Amber alerts are issued for missing children meeting alert criteria, without exclusion based on runaway status.
Legislative Description
Runaways; alert systems
Last Action
Senate read second time
2/9/2026