NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee House of Representatives unanimously approved to pass Noah’s Law, HB2354, Monday evening.
This law would allow a custodial parent, under certain circumstances, to seek an emergency court order declaring a child to be in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death.
As a result, the noncustodial parent would be ordered to return the child to the custodial parent immediately.
The bill now moves to Governor Bill Lee’s desk where he’s expected to sign it into law.
State lawmakers believe that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation system in place for AMBER Alerts made it hard for an AMBER Alert to be issued when biological parents take their child.
3-year-old Noah Clare was reported missing back in November after spending the week with his father. After he was found, his father, Jacob Clare was charged with especially aggravated kidnapping for taking the child.