An Act amending the act of November 24, 2004 (P.L.1270, No.153), referred to as the Pennsylvania Amber Alert System Law, further providing for title of the act, for Pennsylvania Amber Alert System and Missing Endangered Person Advisory System (MEPAS) established and for immunity.

PRINTER'S NO. 2705
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2102
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY LEADBETER, STEHR, STENDER, HAMM, MARCELL, SHAFFER,
TOMLINSON, TWARDZIK, WATRO, WALSH, BASHLINE, SCIALABBA,
SOLOMON, ROWE, GILLEN, D'ORSIE, GLEIM, KLUNK, KUZMA, PUGH,
DAVIDSON AND PICKETT, DECEMBER 15, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, DECEMBER 15, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of November 24, 2004 (P.L.1270, No.153),
entitled "An act providing for the Pennsylvania Amber Alert
System; authorizing and directing the Pennsylvania State
Police to establish and maintain the Pennsylvania Amber Alert
System; assessing costs; and providing for immunity and
penalties," further providing for title of the act, for
Pennsylvania Amber Alert System and Missing Endangered Person
Advisory System (MEPAS) established and for immunity.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The title of the act of November 24, 2004
(P.L.1270, No.153), referred to as the Pennsylvania Amber Alert
System Law, is amended to read:
AN ACT
Providing for the Pennsylvania Amber Alert System, the Missing
Endangered Person Advisory System and the Pennsylvania Purple
Alert System; authorizing and directing the Pennsylvania
State Police to establish and maintain [the Pennsylvania
Amber Alert System] Pennsylvania's alert systems; assessing
costs; and providing for immunity and penalties.
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Section 2. Section 1 heading of the act is amended and the
section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 1. Pennsylvania Amber Alert System [and], Missing
Endangered Person Advisory System (MEPAS) and
Pennsylvania Purple Alert System established.
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(c) Pennsylvania Purple Alert System.--
(1) The Pennsylvania State Police shall establish and
maintain the Pennsylvania Purple Alert System to assist in
the recovery of a missing qualifying individual who is at
special risk of harm or injury, through prompt notification
to the general public, appropriate law enforcement
authorities and other public agencies.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term "qualifying
individual" means an individual with a diagnosed
intellectual, developmental, cognitive or neurological
condition, including autism spectrum disorder, Alzheimer's
disease when the individual is under the age of 60, dementia
when the individual is under the age of 60, a traumatic brain
injury or similar impairments.
Section 3. Section 5(b) of the act is amended to read:
Section 5. Immunity.
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(b) Good Samaritan immunity.--Any person who provides,
obtains or attempts to provide or obtain assistance for a child
who is the subject of a Pennsylvania Amber Alert System notice
[or], a person who is the subject of a Missing Endangered Person
Advisory or a person who is the subject of a Pennsylvania Purple
Alert System notice shall be immune from civil liability for
acts or omissions in providing or obtaining or attempting to
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provide or obtain assistance except for acts or omissions
intended to cause harm and for which the law does not recognize
justification or that constitute gross negligence or willful,
wanton or reckless conduct.
Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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