S.20.4.15: Southern Safe Seniors Act (Law'd)

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A BILL
To coordinate state efforts to establish a regional senior protection progam

Be it enacted by the Southern Chamber of Delegates resolved

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Southern Safe Seniors Act.

Section 2. Establishment of regional Silver Alert network

i.) By March 31, 2021, all states and territories of the Southern Region must have established a Silver Alert program utilizing existing Amber Alert infrastructure for the effort of locating missing seniors and following recommendations per guidelines of the federal National Silver Alert Act.

ii.) No later than April 7, 2021, all states and territories must submit requests for matching grants to implement the program to the Atlasian Department of Justice.

Sponsor: Governor Tim Turner

48 hours for debate. The sponsor is invited to advocate for the bill.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

This is a good-government move that would make our seniors safer and our citizens more at ease. I urge the chamber to pass this bill as expediently as possible.

[tmthforu94]

This has my full support, I thank the Governor for introducing it.

[tmthforu94]

Motioning for a final vote, 24 hours to object.

[tmthforu94]

A final vote has started, please vote AYE, NAY or ABSTAIN.


Aye

[KoopaDaQuick 🇵🇸]

aye

[Harvey Updyke Jr🌹]

Aye

[reagente]

aye

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

Aye

[tmthforu94]

Apologies, I am working on updating a new noticeboard and realized this didn't get closed. The bill has passed and will be presented to the Governor for signature.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Section 1. Title

This legislation may be cited as the Southern Safe Seniors Act.

Section 2. Establishment of regional Silver Alert network

i.) By March 31, 2021, all states and territories of the Southern Region must have established a Silver Alert program utilizing existing Amber Alert infrastructure for the effort of locating missing seniors and following recommendations per guidelines of the federal National Silver Alert Act.

ii.) No later than April 7, 2021, all states and territories must submit requests for matching grants to implement the program to the Atlasian Department of Justice.