An Act Regarding the
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0496
Committee Amendment CA_A_H331 (House)
Amends: 25 MRSA §2202

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " K" to H,P, 325, L,D. 496, "An Act Regarding the
Time Frame for Issuing a Silver Alert and to Require Silver Alerts for All Persons Missing
from Certain Inpatient Facilities"
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
'An Act Regarding the Issuance of Silver Alerts'
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the
following: • , •
'See. 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,'
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section
number to read consecutively,
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT " ^" to H,P, 325, L.D.496
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, replaces the bill and
changes the title, The amendment requires that Silver Alerts 'be issued to all hospitals and
homeless shelters in the State and to a statewide association of libraries.
FISCAL NOTE REQIHRED
(See attached)
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Revised; 05/13/25 I^KL-
LD 496 LR 396(02) .
An Act Regarding the Time Frame for Issuing a Silver Alert and to Require Silver Alerts for All
Persons Missing from Certain Inpatient Facilities
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '^" / /_^ ^
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Current biennium cost increase - General Fund
.Fiscal Detail and Notes
Current law requu'es the silver alert program to be implemented and administered within existing resources. It is
estimated that the annual costs to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to process silver alerts to additional entities
would be $66,084 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $67,715 in fiscal year 2026-27 for one part-time Office Associate H
position and related All Other costs. This bill provides no new funding. As this bill provides no new funding, the
impact of these new unfunded costs on other programs in the DPS cannot be determined at this time.
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