PRINTER'S NO. 175

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

203

Session of

2023

INTRODUCED BY FONTANA, KEARNEY, HAYWOOD, BREWSTER, SCHWANK,

DILLON, KANE, COSTA, LAUGHLIN, COMITTA, CAPPELLETTI,

TARTAGLIONE, STEFANO, VOGEL AND HUGHES, JANUARY 31, 2023

System; assessing costs; and providing for immunity and

penalties," establishing the Pennsylvania Green Alert System;

and further providing for immunity.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The title and sections 1 and 5(b) of the act of

November 24, 2004 (P.L.1270, No.153), referred to as the

Pennsylvania Amber Alert System Law, are amended to read:

Providing for the Pennsylvania Amber Alert System and the

(a) Pennsylvania Amber Alert System.--The Pennsylvania State

Police shall establish and maintain the Pennsylvania Amber Alert

System to assist in the recovery of abducted children through

prompt notification to the general public, appropriate law

enforcement authorities and other public agencies.

(b) Missing Endangered Person Advisory System (MEPAS).--The

Pennsylvania State Police shall establish and maintain the

Missing Endangered Person Advisory System to assist in the

recovery of missing persons who are at special risk of harm or

notify the public of a missing person who is a veteran at

risk.

operated by the Pennsylvania State Police. Activation may be

requested by a law enforcement agency if the law enforcement

agency determines that there is reason to believe:

(i) the missing individual is a veteran at risk;

(ii) the individual is missing due to the

(iii) the missing individual poses a threat to the

a description of the person and other information as deemed

appropriate.

at risk" means a veteran or an active-duty member of the

armed forces, the National Guard or the military reserve

forces of the United States who is known, based on the

information provided by the person making the report, to be

suffering from, or to have a history of, physical or mental

(b) Good Samaritan immunity.--Any person who provides,

obtains or attempts to provide or obtain assistance for a child

who is the subject of a Pennsylvania Amber Alert System notice

[or], a person who is the subject of a Missing Endangered Person

Advisory or a person who is the subject of a Pennsylvania Green

Alert System notice shall be immune from civil liability for

acts or omissions in providing or obtaining or attempting to

provide or obtain assistance except for acts or omissions

intended to cause harm and for which the law does not recognize

justification or that constitute gross negligence or willful,