Relates to missing and exploited women and children
Summary
Establishes a missing persons unit within the division of state police; adds women to the responsibility of the missing and exploited children clearinghouse; provides that by January first, two-thousand twenty-seven included in the curriculum for the training of law enforcement shall be missing and exploited women and missing and exploited women and children of color and indigenous descent; requires the reporting duties of law enforcement departments to include missing women, in addition to missing children and vulnerable adults; relates to the missing and exploited women and children clearinghouse fund; relates to the gift for missing and exploited women and children clearinghouse fund.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2026
Last action Jan 20, 2026
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Committee
1
Jan 20, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO FINANCE
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Monica Martinez
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
Cordell Cleare
DDemocratic
Co
Pat Fahy
DDemocratic
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