HB 2102 — 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.

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                     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
 1   Amending the act of November 24, 2004 (P.L.1270, No.153),
 2      entitled "An act providing for the Pennsylvania Amber Alert
 3      System; authorizing and directing the Pennsylvania State
 4      Police to establish and maintain the Pennsylvania Amber Alert
 5      System; assessing costs; and providing for immunity and
 6      penalties," further providing for title of the act, for
 7      Pennsylvania Amber Alert System and Missing Endangered Person
 8      Advisory System (MEPAS) established and for immunity.
 9      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10   hereby enacts as follows:
11      Section 1.    The title of the act of November 24, 2004
12   (P.L.1270, No.153), referred to as the Pennsylvania Amber Alert
13   System Law, is amended to read:
14                                  AN ACT
15   Providing for the Pennsylvania Amber Alert System, the Missing
16      Endangered Person Advisory System and the Pennsylvania Purple
17      Alert System; authorizing and directing the Pennsylvania
18      State Police to establish and maintain [the Pennsylvania
19      Amber Alert System] Pennsylvania's alert systems; assessing
20      costs; and providing for immunity and penalties.
 1      Section 2.     Section 1 heading of the act is amended and the
 2   section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
 3   Section 1.     Pennsylvania Amber Alert System [and], Missing
 4                     Endangered Person Advisory System (MEPAS) and
 5                     Pennsylvania Purple Alert System established.
 6      * * *
 7      (c)   Pennsylvania Purple Alert System.--
 8            (1)   The Pennsylvania State Police shall establish and
 9      maintain the Pennsylvania Purple Alert System to assist in
10      the recovery of a missing qualifying individual who is at
11      special risk of harm or injury, through prompt notification
12      to the general public, appropriate law enforcement
13      authorities and other public agencies.
14            (2)   For purposes of paragraph (1), the term "qualifying
15      individual" means an individual with a diagnosed
16      intellectual, developmental, cognitive or neurological
17      condition, including autism spectrum disorder, Alzheimer's
18      disease when the individual is under the age of 60, dementia
19      when the individual is under the age of 60, a traumatic brain
20      injury or similar impairments.
21      Section 3.     Section 5(b) of the act is amended to read:
22   Section 5.     Immunity.
23      * * *
24      (b)   Good Samaritan immunity.--Any person who provides,
25   obtains or attempts to provide or obtain assistance for a child
26   who is the subject of a Pennsylvania Amber Alert System notice
27   [or], a person who is the subject of a Missing Endangered Person
28   Advisory or a person who is the subject of a Pennsylvania Purple
29   Alert System notice shall be immune from civil liability for
30   acts or omissions in providing or obtaining or attempting to

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1   provide or obtain assistance except for acts or omissions
2   intended to cause harm and for which the law does not recognize
3   justification or that constitute gross negligence or willful,
4   wanton or reckless conduct.
5      Section 4.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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