Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD496: An Act Regarding the Issuance of Silver Alerts
Status: Signed into law, April 15, 2026
What the bill says
An Act Regarding the Issuance of Silver Alerts.
From the engrossed text:
An Act Regarding the Issuance of Silver Alerts Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2202, as amended by PL 2021, c. 62, §2, is further amended to read: §2202. Silver Alert Program In accordance with this chapter and with the cooperation of the Department of Transportation, the Maine Turnpike Authority, a statewide organization representing broadcast groups in the State, the Office of the Governor and appropriate law enforcement agencies, the department shall develop and implement the Silver Alert Program to be activated on behalf of missing endangered persons. The program must include standards of procedure for local law enforcement agencies to determine that a missing person is a missing endangered person, to determine information to be released regarding the missing endangered person or the circumstances of the person's disappearance and to appropriately activate a Silver Alert to local or statewide law enforcement agencies and to the media, a plan for providing relevant information to the public through an existing system of dynamic message signs located across the State when necessary and training for all law enforcement officers. The Silver Alert Program must require that all Silver Alerts be issued to all hospitals and homeless shelters in the State and to a statewide association of libraries. The Silver Alert Program must be developed and implemented using existing resources. Page 1 - 132LR0396(03)
Sponsors
- Nina Milliken (D, 16) · primary sponsor
- Curry, Chip (D, 11)
- Janice Dodge (D, 39)
- Laura Supica (D, 22)
Latest actions
- : On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table. Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence.
- : CARRIED OVER, in the same posture, to any special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 800.
- : On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin PLACED ON THE SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS TABLE pending ENACTMENT in concurrence
- : PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Reports ReadOn motion by Senator BEEBE-CENTER of Knox the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED. Bill READ ONCE. Committee Amendment "A" (H-331) READ and ADOPTED Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (H-331) in concurrence.
- : Reports READ.On motion of Representative HASENFUS of Readfield, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.The Bill was READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-331) was READ and ADOPTED.Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-331). Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.
- : Received by the Clerk of the House on February 6, 2025.The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
Subjects: PROTECTIVE SERVICES, Legislature, SILVER ALERTS, Senate, Other, ELDERLY
Common questions
- What is LD496?
- LD496 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act Regarding the Issuance of Silver Alerts.
- What does LD496 do?
- In its own words: An Act Regarding the Issuance of Silver Alerts.
- What is the status of LD496?
- Signed into law as of April 15, 2026. Latest action: On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table. Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence. (April 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored LD496?
- Nina Milliken (D, 16), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for LD496?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=496&snum=132
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