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AZ SB1830
Bill
Status
2/5/2026
Primary Sponsor
Catherine Miranda
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AI Summary
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Expands Arizona's Turquoise alert system to explicitly include runaway children as qualifying cases for activation, in addition to kidnapped or missing persons under unexplained circumstances
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Requires the Department of Public Safety to issue a Turquoise alert regardless of whether investigators have determined if a missing child was kidnapped or ran away
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Maintains existing eligibility criteria requiring the missing person be under 65 years of age and that local law enforcement has exhausted available resources before requesting an alert
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Applies to alerts issued in coordination with municipal police, county sheriffs, tribal law enforcement, and federal agencies operating in Arizona
Legislative Description
Turquoise alert; runaways
Last Action
Senate read second time
2/9/2026