SB 120: Missing Person Training & Higher Education Reporting

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

The act requires a person seeking certification or recertification from the peace officers standards and training board to undergo training on various missing person alerts active within the state. The department of public safety is required to create a missing person alert training program for persons seeking certification or recertification of their peace officer status.     The act requires an institution of higher education (institution) to either conduct a preliminary wellness assessment for no longer than 6 hours or immediately contact a law enforcement agency if a student is reported missing. If the student is not found within the 6-hour period, or if there is evidence of a credible risk to the student's safety, the institution shall notify the institution's police department or the nearest law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the student's current local address on file with the institution or the student's permanent address on file with the institution if the institution does not have its own police department.     An institution is required to adopt and publish a preliminary wellness assessment policy. The preliminary wellness assessment must consist of at least the following steps: A digital contact attempt, a residential verification, and an academic and social inquiry. An institution that conducts a preliminary wellness assessment is immune from civil liability if the institution acted in good faith. An institution is required to maintain contemporaneous written documentation regarding the steps the institution took to complete the preliminary wellness assessment. The records are subject to certain disclosure requirements.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 36 · Republican 7

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. May 26, 2026Governor Signed
2. May 5, 2026Signed by the Speaker of the House
3. May 5, 2026Sent to the Governor
4. May 4, 2026Signed by the President of the Senate
5. April 27, 2026House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
6. April 24, 2026House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
7. March 31, 2026House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
8. March 26, 2026House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
9. March 16, 2026Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
10. March 16, 2026Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs
11. March 13, 2026Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
12. March 12, 2026Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/13/2026 - No Amendments

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