Bill > S06647

This bill, named "Lamont Dottin's Law", expands existing state laws to create more comprehensive protocols for reporting and searching for missing persons, with a focus on broadening the approach from just missing children to include missing adults. The bill requires the state division to develop a uniform, proactive plan for searching for missing persons by January 2026, which mandates immediately dispatching information about missing individuals through police communication systems and eliminates the presumption that people aged 19-64 are not considered missing. The legislation also amends the state's missing persons clearinghouse to include adults, requiring the development of new training curricula for law enforcement, establishing a toll-free hotline, and mandating regular communication with families of missing persons. Additionally, the bill requires police departments to designate a trained missing person specialist who will meet with families of missing persons, provide specialized training to officers, and work closely with the department's missing person unit. The bill aims to create more comprehensive and immediate responses to missing person cases, ensuring that information is quickly shared across local, state, and national agencies, and that no potential missing person case is overlooked due to age restrictions.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6647