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NY S06865
Bill
Status
3/25/2025
Primary Sponsor
Lea Webb
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AI Summary
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Creates a statewide "Ebony Alert System" specifically for missing Black youth ages 12-25, including those missing under suspicious circumstances, at risk, developmentally disabled, cognitively impaired, or abducted
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Requires the Division of Criminal Justice Services to designate a statewide coordinator and develop procedures for law enforcement agencies to activate alerts when a missing person's physical safety may be endangered or they may be subject to trafficking
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Mandates alerts be disseminated through state agencies, broadcasters, the New York Lottery, and Department of Transportation dynamic message signs across the state
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Allows interstate activation of alerts in neighboring states or Canadian provinces, with notification to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and Canadian Customs when border areas are involved
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Requires compliance with HIPAA privacy protections and permits the Department of Transportation to opt out of using highway signs if federal highway funding would be jeopardized
Legislative Description
Provides for the creation of an ebony alert system to be activated on behalf of Black youth, including young women, men, nonbinary, boys, and girls, who are reported missing under unexplained or suspicious circumstances, at risk, developmentally disabled, or cognitively impaired, or who have been abducted.
Last Action
REFERRED TO CODES
1/7/2026