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Virginia Critical Operation for a Disappeared Child Initiative (Codi) Alert Program; established.

It became law on Apr 8, 2024.

VA SB 201 · Senate Bill · 2024

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Apr 8, 2024

What it does

Alert for missing or endangered children; Virginia Critical Operation for a Disappeared Child Initiative (Codi) Alert Program. Creates a program for local, regional, or statewide notification of a missing or endangered child. The bill defines a missing or endangered child as a child (i) who is 17 years of age or younger or is currently enrolled in a secondary school in the Commonwealth, regardless of age; (ii) whose whereabouts are unknown; and (iii) whose disappearance is under suspicious circumstances or poses a credible threat as determined by law enforcement to the safety and health of the child and under such other circumstances as deemed appropriate by the Virginia State Police. The…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

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    Apr 8, 2024

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