Lead Sponsors: Representative Christine Cockley and Representative Kevin Ritter
Status: Introduced (April 1, 2025)
Description: The bill requires law enforcement agencies, if a missing child is not located within 30 days of when the agency received the missing child report, to integrate all relevant information into NamUs. The same 30 day threshold applies to individuals aged 18 to 20 and to those 21 and older.
When a missing person is located, the agency must integrate the fact that they are no longer missing into NamUs.
The bill also requires the Attorney General to include information regarding the use of NamUs in missing persons case best practices materials that the Attorney General is already required to produce.
NamUs is the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System created and maintained by the US Department of Justice.
The Legislative Service Commission has not produced a fiscal analysis for the bill yet. To the extent that law enforcement agencies are not already utilizing NamUs, some may incur additional administrative costs to learn how to properly use the system.
CCAO Position: No position (as of April 2025)