Committee approves amendment and forwards bill creating missing Indigenous persons task force with $250,000 appropriation
The Appropriations Committee approved an amendment to House Bill 1199 that adds an attorney general designee to lead an information‑sharing effort; the bill creates a task force on missing persons, allocates $250,000 to the attorney general—s office for data and education work and passed out of committee 15–1.
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The Appropriations Committee voted to approve an amended version of House Bill 1199, establishing a criminal‑justice information‑sharing mechanism and a task force focused on missing persons, including missing Indigenous people, and appropriating $250,000 from the general fund to the attorney general—s office for ongoing data and education activities.
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