LD496 • 2025

An Act Regarding the Issuance of Silver Alerts

Enacted

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Sponsor: Representative Nina Milliken
Last action: 2026-04-15
Official status: Signed by the Governor
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act Regarding the Issuance of Silver Alerts

An Act Regarding the Issuance of Silver Alerts Sponsor: Representative Nina Milliken Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

An Act Regarding the Issuance of Silver Alerts Sponsor: Representative Nina Milliken Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Governor action: Signed by the Governor

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Amendments

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C-A (H-331)

Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0396(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

Page 1 - 132LR0396(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
496 2 Date: (Filing No.
H- ) 3CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

2026-04-15 Governor
Signed by the Governor
2026-04-13 Senate
On motion by Senator ROTUNDO of Androscoggin taken from the Special Appropriations Table. Subsequently, PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence.
2025-06-03 House
PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
2025-05-28 Committee
Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP
2025-05-01 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-05-01 Committee
Voted; Divided Report
2025-02-06 Committee
Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

An Act Regarding the Issuance of Silver Alerts
Sponsor:
Representative Nina Milliken
Reference committee:
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0396(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 325 - L.D. 496
An Act Regarding the Issuance of Silver Alerts
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
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.
APPROVED
APRIL 15, 2026
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
709
PUBLIC LAW