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NY S08943
Bill
Status
1/20/2026
Primary Sponsor
Monica Martinez
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AI Summary
- Establishes a Missing Persons Unit within the Division of State Police as a specialized unit with advanced training in responding to missing persons reports
- Expands the existing Missing and Exploited Children Clearinghouse to include women, renaming it the Missing and Exploited Women and Children Clearinghouse
- Requires law enforcement training curriculum to include missing and exploited women, as well as missing and exploited women and children of color and indigenous descent, by January 1, 2027
- Extends law enforcement semi-annual reporting requirements to include missing women in addition to missing children and vulnerable adults
- Renames the clearinghouse fund and tax donation option to include women, allowing taxpayers to contribute to the Missing and Exploited Women and Children Clearinghouse Fund through their income tax returns
Legislative Description
Establishes a missing persons unit within the division of state police; adds women to the responsibility of the missing and exploited children clearinghouse; provides that by January first, two-thousand twenty-seven included in the curriculum for the training of law enforcement shall be missing and exploited women and missing and exploited women and children of color and indigenous descent; requires the reporting duties of law enforcement departments to include missing women, in addition to missing children and vulnerable adults; relates to the missing and exploited women and children clearinghouse fund; relates to the gift for missing and exploited women and children clearinghouse fund.
Last Action
REFERRED TO FINANCE
1/20/2026