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AZ SB1782

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/5/2026

Primary Sponsor

Sally Gonzales

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Rules2/5/2026
Public Safety2/5/2026

Full Bill Text

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