New York Senate bill in Session 2025-2026.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: January 7, 2026.
Relates to establishing uniform standards for searching for missing persons; expands state databanks to include adults.
Enacts "Lamont Dottin's Law"; relates to reporting duties with respect to missing children and adults; establishes uniform standards for searching for missing persons; expands state databanks to approach not only the problem of missing children but missing adults as well; requires police departments to establish a trained missing person specialist.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-19 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-01-07 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-01-07 | Latest Action | In Senate Committee |