SF0114

Bill Summary - 25LSO-0635 Bill No.: SF0114 Effective: 7/1/2025 LSO No.: 25LSO-0635 Enrolled Act No.: SEA No. 0031 Chapter No.: 44 Prime Sponsor: Landen Catch Title: Missing persons-reporting requirement. Has Report: No Subject: Requiring law enforcement to accept reports of missing persons. Summary/Major Elements: This act requires each law enforcement agency to accept, without delay, any credible report of a missing person. The act provides exceptions to the requirement to accept missing-person reports, including if the law enforcement agency knows the location of the person, the person is not a Wyoming resident, the law enforcement agency confirms that the reported person is safe, the law enforcement agency confirms that another agency has accepted a missing-person report, the law enforcement agency suspects and can articulate that the missing person intended to lawfully flee, and other articulable circumstances. This act specifies that the primary jurisdiction for reporting a missing person is the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the most recent verifiable location of the missing person or, if the location is unknown, the agency with jurisdiction over the last known residential address is the primary jurisdiction. The act requires that all missing-person reports satisfying the reporting criteria under this act must be entered into the relevant national, regional, and state databases used for missing-person reports. If a missing person reported under this act is not located within thirty (30) days of the report, the law enforcement agency must compile information on the person and submit that information to the Attorney General and the Division of Criminal Investigation for inclusion in the clearinghouse database of missing persons established under state law. The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.