| Passed by the Senate April 23, 2013 YEAS 48 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 9, 2013 YEAS 93 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Hunter G. Goodman, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5556 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. HUNTER G. GOODMAN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved May 16, 2013, 2:47 p.m. JAY INSLEE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 17, 2013 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 63rd Legislature | 2013 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/22/13.
AN ACT Relating to missing endangered persons; and amending RCW 13.60.010 and 13.60.020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 13.60.010 and 2009 c 20 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) The Washington state patrol shall establish a missing children
and endangered person clearinghouse which shall include the maintenance
and operation of a toll-free((, twenty-four-hour)) telephone hotline.
The clearinghouse shall distribute information to local law enforcement
agencies, school districts, the department of social and health
services, and the general public regarding missing children and
endangered persons. The information shall include pictures, bulletins,
training sessions, reports, and biographical materials that will assist
in local law enforcement efforts to locate missing children and
endangered persons. The state patrol shall also maintain a regularly
updated computerized link with national and other statewide missing
person systems or clearinghouses, and within existing resources, shall
develop and implement a plan, commonly known as an "amber alert plan"
or an "endangered missing person advisory plan," for voluntary
cooperation between local, state, tribal, and other law enforcement
agencies, state government agencies, radio and television stations,
((and)) cable and satellite systems, and social media pages and sites
to enhance the public's ability to assist in recovering abducted
children and missing endangered persons consistent with the state
endangered missing person advisory plan.
(2) For the purposes of this chapter:
(a) "Child" or "children((,))" ((as used in this chapter,)) means
an individual under eighteen years of age.
(b) "Missing endangered person" means a person with a developmental
disability as defined in RCW 71A.10.020(4) or a vulnerable adult as
defined in RCW 74.34.020(17), believed to be in danger because of age,
health, mental or physical disability, in combination with
environmental or weather conditions, or is believed to be unable to
return to safety without assistance.
Sec. 2 RCW 13.60.020 and 1985 c 443 s 23 are each amended to read
as follows:
Local law enforcement agencies shall file an official missing
person report and enter biographical information into the state missing
person computerized network within ((twelve)) six hours after
notification of a missing child or endangered person is received under
RCW 13.32A.050 (1)(a), (((3))) (c), or (((4))) (d), or an endangered
missing person received pursuant to the state endangered missing person
advisory plan. The patrol shall collect such information as will
enable it to retrieve immediately the following information about a
missing child or endangered person: Name, date of birth, social
security number, fingerprint classification, relevant physical
descriptions, and known associates and locations. Access to the
preceding information shall be available to appropriate law enforcement
agencies, and to parents and legal guardians, when appropriate.