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2026 Regular Session

SB289

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AN ACT relating to missing children.

Amend KRS 16.175 to expand the criteria for determining when an Amber alert should be initiated to include when a child's disappearance may not have been voluntary and the physical safety of the child may be endangered and when a child is committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice or in the temporary custody of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, a relative, or a nonrelative placement; provide that the Act may be cited as Wynter's law.

Children and MinorsPublic SafetySafetyShort Titles and Popular Names

Introduced: February 27, 2026

Last action: March 17, 2026

To Committee On Committees (H)
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Legislative History

Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
Introduced In Senate
Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
To Committee On Committees (S)
Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
To Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S)
Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar
Mar 13, 2026 · Senate
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Mar 13, 2026 · Senate
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Monday, March 16 2026 (clerical)
Mar 16, 2026 · Senate
3rd Reading, Passed 35-0 (clerical)
Mar 17, 2026 · House
Received In House

Primary Sponsor

Portrait of Brandon Storm
Brandon Storm

Senator · Senate District 21

Primary sponsor
Brandon.Storm@kylegislature.gov
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Co-sponsors (3)

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Matthew Deneen

Senator · Senate District 10

Co-sponsor
matthew.deneen@kylegislature.gov
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Brandon Smith

Senator · Senate District 30

Co-sponsor
Brandon.Smith@kylegislature.gov
Portrait of Lindsey Tichenor
Lindsey Tichenor

Senator · Senate District 06

Co-sponsor
lindsey.tichenor@kylegislature.gov

Roll calls

March 16, 2026

Senate: 3rd reading, passed 35-0

Yea: 35
Nay: 0
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