CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Rudy Yakym (R-IN)

HAILEY Act of 2026

H.R. 9236 · House bill Crime and Law Enforcement

A Republican bill with 2 Democratic cosponsors · See all 11 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is known as the High-risk Alert Improvement for Locating Endangered Youth Act of 2026'' or the HAILEY Act of 2026''. It was introduced in the House of Representatives on June 10, 2026, by Mr. Yakym. The legislation amends the PROTECT Act. Its main purpose is to include minimum standards for issuing an alert for a high-risk missing person. Specifically, it updates the AMBER Alert Communications network.

Yes

  • Scored +8

    Would children be better off under this?

    Increases the likelihood of locating high-risk missing persons under 18 via the AMBER Alert network.

  • Scored +2

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    Sets federal minimum standards for the AMBER Alert network.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.