HB 4517 MI
Law enforcement: reports; communications under the amber alert act; modify. Amends title & secs. 1, 2 & 5 of 2002 PA 713 (MCL 28.761 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 4518'25
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Summary
Michigan HB 4517 expands the state's Amber Alert program to include reports of missing children in addition to child abductions. The bill allows radio and television stations to broadcast information about child abductions or missing children through any method designed to assist in locating them, including social media. Broadcasters who accurately share information from the Department of State Police under the Amber Alert system receive legal immunity from liability for those broadcasts. The bill takes effect only if companion bill HB 4518 is also enacted.
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Sponsor (1)
- Jerry Neyer Republican · primary
9 coauthors / cosponsors
- Angela Rigas Republican · cosponsor
- Pat Outman Republican · cosponsor
- John Roth Republican · cosponsor
- Ken Borton Republican · cosponsor
- Douglas Wozniak Republican · cosponsor
- Denise Mentzer Democratic · cosponsor
- Steve Frisbie Republican · cosponsor
- Alicia St. Germaine Republican · cosponsor
- Brian BeGole Republican · cosponsor
Action history (29)
- May 21, 2025 introduced by Representative Rep. Jerry Neyer · lower
- May 21, 2025 read a first time · lower
- May 21, 2025 referred to Committee on Families and Veterans · lower
- May 22, 2025 bill electronically reproduced 05/21/2025 · lower
- Aug 13, 2025 reported with recommendation without amendment · lower
- Aug 13, 2025 referred to second reading · lower
- Sep 4, 2025 read a second time · lower
- Sep 4, 2025 placed on third reading · lower
- Sep 4, 2025 placed on immediate passage · lower
- Sep 4, 2025 read a third time · lower
- Sep 4, 2025 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #191 Yeas 104 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 · lower
- Sep 4, 2025 transmitted · lower
- Sep 9, 2025 PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT · upper
- Sep 9, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY · upper
- Apr 29, 2026 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 4/28/2026 · upper
- Apr 29, 2026 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT(S) · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 RULES SUSPENDED · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 207 YEAS 36 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 INSERTED FULL TITLE · upper
- Jul 3, 2026 returned from Senate without amendment with immediate effect and full title · lower
- Jul 3, 2026 full title agreed to · lower
- Jul 3, 2026 bill ordered enrolled · lower
- Jul 14, 2026 presented to the Governor 07/14/2026 11:46 AM · lower
- Jul 29, 2026 approved by the Governor 07/21/2026 02:06 PM · lower
- Jul 29, 2026 assigned PA 55'26 with immediate effect · lower
- Jul 29, 2026 filed with Secretary of State 07/23/2026 11:44 AM · lower
Text versions (10)
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Full text
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Act No. 55 Public Acts of 2026 Approved by the Governor July 21, 2026 Filed with the Secretary of State July 23, 2026 EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2026
state of michigan 103rd Legislature Regular session of 2026 Introduced by Reps. Neyer, Rigas, Outman, Roth, Borton, Wozniak, Mentzer, Frisbie, St. Germaine and BeGole ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4517 AN ACT to amend 2002 PA 713, entitled �An act to provide for the broadcast of information concerning a child abduction on radio and television stations; and to prescribe the content of the information broadcast,� by amending the title and sections 1, 2, and 5 (MCL 28.761, 28.762, and 28.765). The People of the State of Michigan enact: TITLE An act to provide for the broadcast of information concerning a child abduction or a missing child by radio and television stations; and to prescribe the content of the information broadcast. Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the �child abduction and missing child broadcast act�.
Sec. 2. A radio or television station that receives information concerning a child abduction or a report of a missing child from the department of state police under the Michigan Amber alert act, 2002 PA 712, MCL 28.751 to 28.755, may broadcast that information in any manner designed to assist in the location of the abducted or missing child or apprehension of any suspect, including, but not limited to, through social media.
Sec. 5. A radio or television station that accurately broadcasts information concerning a child abduction or a missing child obtained from the department of state police under the Michigan Amber alert act, 2002 PA 712, MCL 28.751 to 28.755, is immune from any liability based on the broadcast of that information.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 4518 of the 103rd Legislature is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate Approved___________________________________________
____________________________________________________ Governor
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