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2015 House Bill 1021: Creating the silver alert system for senior citizens
Public Act 2 of 2015
Introduced by Rep. Sherry Appleton (Poulsbo) (D) on January 12, 2015
For Bill Information, please click HERE. Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Public Safety Committee on January 12, 2015
Substitute offered in the House on February 13, 2015
Requires the Washington State Patrol's Endangered Missing Person Advisory
alert system to include a Silver Alert to assist in the recovery of a missing
endangered person age 60 or older. The new provisions that required the WSP to create a new Silver Alert program is deleted.
Instead, the WSP's current EMPA program will have a Silver Alert designation that will be
used on highway message boards and advisory radio messages to assist in the recovery of a
missing endangered person age 60 or older.
Requires the Washington State Patrol's Endangered Missing Person Advisory
alert system to include a Silver Alert to assist in the recovery of a missing
endangered person age 60 or older.
Received in the Senate on March 10, 2015
Referred to the Senate Law & Justice Committee on March 10, 2015
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on April 1, 2015
Received in the House on April 29, 2015
Received in the Senate on May 28, 2015
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on June 10, 2015