Billy’s Law or Help Find the Missing Act

The "Help Find the Missing Act", backed by Petito's parents, was signed into law by President Biden December 27, 2022.

The legislation calls for information on missing people to be entered into the FBI's internal database called the National Crime Information Center (NCIC). That database would kick information over to the Department of Justice's public database called NamUs, or the National Missing Persons and Unidentified Persons System.

It would then be shared so the public can see who is missing and provide potential help.

"Everyone deserves to be found and here's a way to have that happen," Joseph Petito