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GA SB23
Bill
Status
Passed
4/24/2014
Primary Sponsor
Gail Davenport
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AI Summary
- Law enforcement agencies are prohibited from imposing any minimum waiting period before accepting and initiating a missing person report, though agencies retain discretion over what responsive action to take.
- Expands Georgia's existing "Mattie's Call" statewide alert system beyond missing disabled adults to also cover "medically endangered persons" — defined as individuals with known medical conditions that could cause incapacitation or life-threatening physiological emergencies if not immediately treated.
- Authorizes the bureau director and local law enforcement to issue a statewide endangered person advisory when a missing person's medical condition is immediately life-threatening or incapacitating.
- Requires motor vehicle registration applications to include an option for applicants to designate an emergency contact telephone number, accessible to law enforcement officers conducting vehicle tag inquiries during official business.
- General provisions take effect July 1, 2013; the vehicle registration emergency contact provision takes effect January 1, 2014.
Legislative Description
"Stacey Nicole English Act"; aid in the location of missing persons; incapacitated due to medical conditions; establish
Last Action
Effective Date
7/1/2014
Full Bill Text
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