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Colleges and universities across the state must respond faster to missing students after Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a bill that followed University of Colorado Boulder student Megan Trussell\u2019s death last year.<\/p>\n

Under the law signed March 26, institutions of higher education in Colorado will have six hours after first getting word of a missing student to report it to police. The new guideline is meant to mimic how police departments not affiliated with schools act in the hours after taking a report of a missing person, according to State Sen. Janice Marchman, D-Loveland, one of the bill\u2019s sponsors.<\/p>\n

Under state law, police departments get eight hours to report a missing adult to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation once they are first reported to the department. Under federal law, universities were given a 24-hour timeline \u2014 until now.<\/p>\n

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Trussell, 18, was found dead on Feb. 15, 2025, near the 40-mile marker of Boulder Canyon Drive. Her death was twice ruled a suicide. Marchman has said CU Boulder should have responded faster.<\/p>\n

The bill also calls for prospective police officers to be trained on the different missing persons alerts Colorado has at its disposal, the bill says.<\/p>\n

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