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AZ SB1830

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/5/2026

Primary Sponsor

Catherine Miranda

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Rules2/5/2026
Public Safety2/5/2026

Full Bill Text

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