VICTORY! *PASSED
THE SAVANNA'S ACT
The House passed Savanna's Act, a bill that requires the Department of Justice to strengthen training, coordination, data collection and other guidelines related to cases of murdered or missing Native Americans. It aims to address the alarming number of cases involving Native women.
STATE MMIP TASK FORCES
NEW MEXICO MMIW TASK FORCE | HB 278
An Act relating to Missing Persons; Creating the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force; Declaring an Emergency
MONTANA MISSING INDIGENOUS PERSONS TASK FORCE
During the 2021 legislative session, Attorney General Austin Knudsen advocated for House Bill 98, which reauthorized the statewide missing Indigenous persons task force. Members include representatives from each of the state’s eight federally recognized tribes, a representative from the Attorney General’s Office, a representative from the Montana Department of Justice who has expertise in the subject of missing persons, and the Montana Highway Patrol. The U.S. Attorney General’s Office (Montana District), Indian Health Services, and the U.S. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Coordinator for Montana are also represented on the
WASHINGTON STATE MMIW TASK FORCE
A 21-member task force to assess systemic causes behind the high rate of disappearances and murders of Indigenous women.
The task force will include tribes and tribal organizations, as well as policy makers at the local, state and federal level.
HOUSE BILL 41 | UTAH MMIWG TASK FORCE
The task force will "recommend ways to enhance criminal justice response and social service systems to empower and help prevent and address crimes involving missing and murdered indigenous women and girls,"