SB 289 KY

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Passed One Chamber

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.

• B. Storm Republican · primary
• M. Deneen Republican · primary
• B. Smith Republican · primary
• L. Tichenor Republican · primary

1. Feb 27, 2026 introduced in Senate · upper
2. Feb 27, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
3. Mar 9, 2026 to Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection (S) · upper
4. Mar 12, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar · upper
5. Mar 13, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · upper
6. Mar 13, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 16 2026 · upper
7. Mar 16, 2026 3rd reading, passed 35-0 · upper
8. Mar 17, 2026 received in House · lower
9. Mar 17, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower