---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Safety - Missing Persons - Purple Alert Program"
description: "Public Safety - Missing Persons - Purple Alert Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/md"
legislature: "Maryland General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 195"
citation: "Maryland HB 195 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arikan", "Guyton", "Kaufman", "Korman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-10-31"
last_action: "2024-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a9eb04b-0218-4a5b-b301-f386eda3eee0"
source_url: "http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0195?ys=2024RS&search=True"
source_hash: "d7c2820666249d20c26c1b862b644f1b79260191613d1d9d8a55a1c7ae623d5f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-md"]
---

# Maryland HB 195 (2024) — Public Safety - Missing Persons - Purple Alert Program

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chapter - Public Safety - Missing Persons - Purple Alert Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/Chapters_noln/CH_739_hb0195t.pdf)
2. **First - Public Safety - Missing Persons With Cognitive Impairment - Purple Alert Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0195f.pdf)
3. **Third - Public Safety - Missing Persons - Purple Alert Program** (committee substitute) — [source](http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/hb/hb0195t.pdf)

## Votes

- On Third Reading — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- On Third Reading — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arikan — primary (person)
- Guyton — primary (person)
- Kaufman — primary (person)
- Korman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-10-31** Pre-filed `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** First Reading Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Favorable with Amendments { `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-16** Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- **2024-03-18** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Referred Judicial Proceedings `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Report by Judicial Proceedings `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Favorable Adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-08** Second Reading Passed
- **2024-04-08** Third Reading Passed `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Returned Passed
- **2024-05-16** Approved by the Governor - Chapter 739 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a9eb04b-0218-4a5b-b301-f386eda3eee0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maryland legislature records).