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MI HB4518
Bill
Status
9/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Angela Rigas
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AI Summary
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Expands Michigan's Amber Alert activation to include missing children with special needs and missing children believed to be in danger after preliminary law enforcement investigation, not just child abductions
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Defines "child with special needs" as individuals up to age 26 who have not graduated high school and have been evaluated under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or Michigan administrative rules and determined to have a qualifying impairment
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Requires the Department of State Police to update their policies to mandate Amber Alert activation for these newly covered categories of missing children
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Designates this legislation as the "Rowan Act"
Legislative Description
Law enforcement: reports; Michigan Amber alert act; modify. Amends title & sec. 3 of 2002 PA 712 (MCL 28.753).
Disabilities: other
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Civil Rights, Judiciary, And Public Safety
9/9/2025