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HB 4518 MI
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Law enforcement: reports; Michigan Amber alert act; modify. Amends title & sec. 3 of 2002 PA 712 (MCL 28.753).

MI · session 2025-2026 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced May 21, 2025

Latest action (Jul 29, 2026) assigned PA 56'26 with immediate effect

Summary

This bill expands Michigan's Amber alert system to cover missing children beyond just reported abductions. The bill requires the Amber alert plan to be activated for missing children with special needs who are believed to be in imminent danger and for any missing child believed to be in imminent danger, provided a law enforcement preliminary investigation has been conducted. The bill defines "child with special needs" as individuals up to age 26 who have not graduated high school and have been determined to have a qualifying disability under special education law.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
9 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (36)
  1. May 21, 2025 introduced by Representative Rep. Angela Rigas · lower
  2. May 21, 2025 read a first time · lower
  3. May 21, 2025 referred to Committee on Families and Veterans · lower
  4. May 22, 2025 bill electronically reproduced 05/21/2025 · lower
  5. Aug 13, 2025 reported with recommendation with substitute (H-1) · lower
  6. Aug 13, 2025 referred to second reading · lower
  7. Sep 4, 2025 read a second time · lower
  8. Sep 4, 2025 substitute (H-1) adopted · lower
  9. Sep 4, 2025 placed on third reading · lower
  10. Sep 4, 2025 placed on immediate passage · lower
  11. Sep 4, 2025 read a third time · lower
  12. Sep 4, 2025 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call #192 Yeas 104 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 5 · lower
  13. Sep 4, 2025 transmitted · lower
  14. Sep 9, 2025 PASSED BY HOUSE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT · upper
  15. Sep 9, 2025 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RIGHTS, JUDICIARY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY · upper
  16. Apr 29, 2026 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITHOUT AMENDMENT 4/28/2026 · upper
  17. Apr 29, 2026 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE · upper
  18. Jul 2, 2026 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) · upper
  19. Jul 2, 2026 SUBSTITUTE (S-2) CONCURRED IN · upper
  20. Jul 2, 2026 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-2) · upper
  21. Jul 2, 2026 RULES SUSPENDED · upper
  22. Jul 2, 2026 PLACED ON IMMEDIATE PASSAGE · upper
  23. Jul 3, 2026 PASSED ROLL CALL # 183 YEAS 35 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 · upper
  24. Jul 3, 2026 PASSED; GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT ROLL CALL # 183 YEAS 35 NAYS 1 EXCUSED 2 NOT VOTING 0 · upper
  25. Jul 3, 2026 INSERTED FULL TITLE · upper
  26. Jul 3, 2026 returned from Senate with substitute (S-2) with immediate effect and full title · lower
  27. Jul 3, 2026 laid over one day under the rules · lower
  28. Jul 3, 2026 rule suspended · lower
  29. Jul 3, 2026 Senate substitute (S-2) concurred in · lower
  30. Jul 3, 2026 roll call Roll Call #322 Yeas 107 Nays 1 Excused 0 Not Voting 2 · lower
  31. Jul 3, 2026 full title agreed to · lower
  32. Jul 3, 2026 bill ordered enrolled · lower
  33. Jul 14, 2026 presented to the Governor 07/14/2026 11:48 AM · lower
  34. Jul 29, 2026 approved by the Governor 07/21/2026 02:08 PM · lower
  35. Jul 29, 2026 filed with Secretary of State 07/23/2026 11:46 AM · lower
  36. Jul 29, 2026 assigned PA 56'26 with immediate effect · lower
Subjects
Children: otherDisabilities: otherLaw enforcement: reports

Text versions (17)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Public Act · HTML
  • Public Act · PDF
  • House Concurred Bill · HTML
  • House Concurred Bill · PDF
  • As Passed by the Senate · HTML
  • As Passed by the Senate · PDF
  • As Passed by the House · HTML
  • As Passed by the House · PDF
  • House Introduced Bill · HTML
  • House Introduced Bill · PDF
  • Substitute (S-2) - 5 · PDF
  • Substitute (S-2) - 4 · PDF
  • Substitute (S-2) - 3 · PDF
  • Substitute (S-2) - 2 · PDF
  • Substitute (S-2) · PDF
  • Substitute (H-1) - 2 · PDF
  • Substitute (H-1) · PDF

Full text

Full text imported from legislature.mi.gov

Act No. 56 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. Rigas, Neyer, Outman, Borton, Roth, Wozniak, Mentzer, Frisbie, St. Germaine and BeGole ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4518 AN ACT to amend 2002 PA 712, entitled �An act to prescribe the Amber alert of Michigan as the official response to reports of child abductions; to prohibit certain conduct; to create the Michigan Amber alert fund; to provide for the distribution of the money from the Michigan Amber alert fund; to provide for appropriations; and to prescribe penalties,� by amending the title and section 3 (MCL 28.753), the title as amended by 2013 PA 91. The People of the State of Michigan enact: TITLE An act to prescribe the Amber alert of Michigan as the official response to reports of child abductions or certain missing children ; to prohibit certain conduct; to create the Michigan Amber alert fund; to provide for the distribution of the money from the Michigan Amber alert fund; to provide for appropriations; and to prescribe penalties.

Sec. 3. (1) The Michigan Amber alert plan must be activated only in accordance with the policies established by the department of state police. Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence, the policies established by the department under this section must require the activation of the Michigan Amber alert plan for a report of either of the following: (a) A missing child with special needs who the department believes is in imminent danger, as defined by the department, after a law enforcement agency conducts a preliminary investigation under section 8(2) of 1968 PA 319, MCL 28.258. (b) A missing child who the department believes is in imminent danger, as defined by the department, after a law enforcement agency conducts a preliminary investigation under section 8(2) of 1968 PA 319, MCL 28.258. (2) As used in this section, �child with special needs� means an individual who has been evaluated under the individuals with disabilities education act, 20 USC 1400 to 1482, or the administrative rules for special education, R 340.1701 to 340.1862 of the Michigan Administrative Code, and determined to have a qualifying impairment by an individualized education program team or judge, an individualized family service plan team or judge, or a health care professional; who needs services; who is not more than 26 years of age; and who has not yet graduated high school.

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act may be known as the �Rowan act�. This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate Approved___________________________________________

____________________________________________________ Governor

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