Arizona legislation · Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)
Arizona SB1416: missing; kidnapped children; reporting requirements
Status: Chaptered, June 19, 2026
SB1416 - missing; kidnapped children; reporting requirements
What the bill says
An act amending sections 8-901 and 41-1728, arizona revised statutes; relating to missing children reporting.
From the chaptered text, June 26, 2026:
AN ACT amending sections 8-901 and 41-1728, arizona revised statutes; relating to missing children reporting. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Section 1. Section 8-901, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to mandatory reporting; training A. A law enforcement agency that receives a report of a missing, kidnapped or runaway child shall do all of the following: 1. Within two hours after receiving the report and all necessary and available information, submit all of the following information to the Arizona crime information center, and the national crime information center computer networks and the national missing and unidentified persons system: (a) The name, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight and eye and hair color of the child. (b) A recent photograph of the child, if available. (c) (b) The date and location of the last known contact with the child. (d) (c) The category under which the child is reported missing. 2. Within twenty-four hours after receiving the report and all necessary and available information, submit to the national center for missing and exploited children all of the following information: (a) A recent photograph of the child, if available. The law enforcement agency shall make reasonable efforts to obtain a recent photograph of the child. (b) The name, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight and eye and hair color …
Sponsors
- Shawnna Bolick (R, SD-002) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter 174
- : Governor Signed
- : Transmitted to Governor
- : House third reading passed (53 votes)
- : Transmitted to Senate
- : Passed
- : House read second time
- : House read first time
- : Rules: constitutional and in proper form
- : Assigned to Rules
Votes
- THIRD Passed (June 9, 2026): 53 yea, 0 nay, passed
- RULES C&P (March 30, 2026): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
- JUD DP (March 25, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
- THIRD Passed (March 9, 2026): 29 yea, 0 nay, passed
- PS DPA (February 18, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB1416?
- SB1416 is a bill in the Arizona Legislature (Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)): missing; kidnapped children; reporting requirements.
- What does SB1416 do?
- In its own words: An act amending sections 8-901 and 41-1728, arizona revised statutes; relating to missing children reporting.
- What is the status of SB1416?
- Chaptered as of June 19, 2026. Latest action: Chapter 174 (June 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB1416?
- Shawnna Bolick (R, SD-002).
- Where is the official record for SB1416?
- On the Arizona Legislature website: https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/84970/?SessionId=130
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