SB108 Alabama 2015 Session

Updated Feb 24, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Vivian Davis FiguresSenator
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2015
Title: Missing children, Emergency Missing Child Alert System, created, administered by Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, procedures for activation, limited immunity, Haiwayi Robinson Emergency Missing Child Alert System Act
Summary: Creates the Haiwayi Robinson Emergency Missing Child Alert System to rapidly notify the public about missing or endangered children, coordinated by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency with mandatory local participation.
What This Bill Does
It establishes a statewide Emergency Missing Child Alert System to be developed and implemented by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), in coordination with existing missing-child notification systems. All local law enforcement agencies must participate and follow activation rules when a missing-child report is verified. ALEA will disseminate alert information to statewide media and post the child’s photo on its website, and alerts will be deactivated when the child is found or the case closes. The act also provides rulemaking authority, forms, and the option to adopt enhanced notification technology, and it grants limited immunity to people and groups involved in disseminating alerts.

Who It Affects
Missing children and their families or guardians, who would receive faster alerts and public notices when a child goes missing.
Local law enforcement agencies and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), which must implement, administer, and participate in the alert system and manage activation, dissemination, and deactivation procedures.

Key Provisions
Establishes a statewide Emergency Missing Child Alert System to be developed and implemented by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency as the state coordinator, working with existing systems.
Requires participation by all local law enforcement agencies.
Sets criteria for activating the alert and requires immediate action to request activation with pertinent information and photos for dissemination.
Requires ALEA to disseminate information to statewide media and post the missing child’s photograph on its website, and to deactivate the alert when the child is found or the case closes.
Authorizes ALEA to adopt rules, prescribe forms, and research/implement enhanced notification technologies (electronic, web-based, targeted-area calls).
Allows recruitment of media and other partners and allows agreements to support the alert system.
Provides limited immunity for participants in disseminating alerts, except in cases of unreasonable, wanton, willful, or intentional misconduct.
Effective date: becomes law on the first day of the third month after passage.

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Subjects: Children