HB 106-MISSING PERSONS UNDER 21 YEARS OLD  4:16:56 PM CO-CHAIR SNYDER announced that the next order of business would be HOUSE BILL NO. 106, "An Act relating to missing persons under 21 years of age." CO-CHAIR SNYDER noted that HB 106 is by request of the governor. She asked the Department of Public Safety to provide a recap of the bill. 4:17:29 PM LISA PURINTON, Chief, Criminal Records and Identification Bureau, Division of Statewide Services, Department of Public Safety (DPS), provided a summary of HB 106 on behalf of the administration. She explained that HB 106 would align state law with federal requirements as it relates to missing persons under the age 21. She said current state law requires law enforcement agencies to report information for missing individuals under the age of 18 to the state and national databases for missing juveniles, and to the Missing Persons Clearinghouse, and this information must be reported within 24 hours of learning the person has been reported missing. She explained that HB 106 would increase the age from 18 years to individuals under 21 years to address that vulnerable population, usually college age population, that are often away from the home for the first time. As well, HB 106 would change the 24-hour timeframe to within 2 hours of receiving notification for agencies to report that information to the state and national databases. She further specified that HB 106 would address changes to AS 18.65.620 and AS 47.10.141. REPRESENTATIVE KURKA asked whether these are already things the state is generally doing, and it is just a matter of codifying the practice. MS. PURINTON confirmed that this is correct. She said most of the law enforcement agencies are aware of this difference between state law and federal requirements and most do their best to comply with the federal requirement to get the data entered within two hours of receipt of the information. She stated that right now the department conducts training with law enforcement and trains them to the more restrictive federal requirement. But, she continued, there is no state requirement for them to do that; the bill addresses that gap so there is conforming language on both sides. 4:21:58 PM REPRESENTATIVE PRAX requested confirmation that this proposed change is to align Alaska statute with federal requirements, nothing more, nothing less. MS. PURINTON responded that that is correct. She said there are no major changes other than to increase the reporting requirement to age 21 and to more timely enter this information into the database, which is to align state requirements with federal law. 4:22:40 PM CO-CHAIR ZULKOSKY moved to report HB 106 out of committee with individual recommendations and the accompanying zero fiscal note. 4:23:11 PM The committee took a brief at-ease at 4:23 p.m. 4:23:18 PM CO-CHAIR SNYDER, after confirming there was no objection, announced that HB 106 was moved out of the House Health and Social Services Standing Committee.