Law enforcement: reports; Michigan Amber alert act; modify, the official text

Act No. 56

Public Acts of 2026

Approved by the Governor

July 21, 2026

Filed with the Secretary of State

July 23, 2026

EFFECTIVE
DATE: July 23, 2026

state of michigan

103rd Legislature

Regular session of 2026

Introduced by Reps. Rigas, Neyer, Outman, Borton, Roth,
Wozniak, Mentzer, Frisbie, St. Germaine and BeGole

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4518

AN ACT to amend 2002 PA 712,
entitled “An act to prescribe the Amber alert of Michigan as the official
response to reports of child abductions; to prohibit certain conduct; to create
the Michigan Amber alert fund; to provide for the distribution of the money
from the Michigan Amber alert fund; to provide for appropriations; and to
prescribe penalties,” by amending the title and section 3 (MCL 28.753), the
title as amended by 2013 PA 91.

The People of the State of
Michigan enact:

TITLE

An act to prescribe the
Amber alert of Michigan as the official response to reports of child abductions or certain missing children; to prohibit certain
conduct; to create the Michigan Amber alert fund; to provide for the
distribution of the money from the Michigan Amber alert fund; to provide for
appropriations; and to prescribe penalties.

Sec.
3. (1) The Michigan Amber alert plan must be activated only in accordance with
the policies established by the department of state police. Beginning on the
effective date of the amendatory act that added this sentence, the policies
established by the department under this section must require the activation of
the Michigan Amber alert plan for a report of either of the following:

(a) A missing child with special needs who the department
believes is in imminent danger, as defined by the department, after a law
enforcement agency conducts a preliminary investigation under section 8(2) of
1968 PA 319, MCL 28.258.

(b) A missing child who the department believes is in
imminent danger, as defined by the department, after a law enforcement agency
conducts a preliminary investigation under section 8(2) of 1968 PA 319, MCL
28.258.

(2) As used in this section, “child
with special needs” means an individual who has been evaluated under the
individuals with disabilities education act, 20 USC 1400 to 1482, or the
administrative rules for special education, R 340.1701 to 340.1862 of the
Michigan Administrative Code, and determined to have a qualifying impairment by
an individualized education program team or judge, an individualized family
service plan team or judge, or a health care professional; who needs services; who
is not more than 26 years of age; and who has not yet graduated high school.

Enacting
section 1. This amendatory act may be known as the “Rowan act”.

This act is ordered to take
immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of
Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor