Kentucky is one of about 20 states that doesn't participate in a nationwide alert system for young adults who are not covered by the Amber Alert system.

The state senator hopes to change that.

Senate Minority Whip David Yates is pushing a bill that would allow Kentucky to participate in the Ashanti Alert system.

The system is named after Ashanti Billy, who was 19 years old when she was abducted and killed in 2017.

A year later, the Nationwide alert system became voluntary.

Senator Yates says Senate Bill 45 is a commonsense bill that won't require any additional funding.

But the bill requires Kentucky State Police in cooperation with the transportation cabinet, the Division of Emergency Management and media providers to create a missing adult.

To create a system that would notify the public of individuals that are determined to be a missing adult.

And the department determines that public notification should be aid in the recovery of the individual.

So both those things have to be in place and it only requires the use of existing resources in operation within our existing budget.

So we've already got the we have we have the infrastructure in place.

The bill did pass the Senate committee unanimously, and it now heads to the full Senate for consideration there.