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Senator backs missing and murdered African American women and girls task force provision in public-safety substitute
Summary
Senator from the thirteenth described language included in the bill to create a task force focused on missing and murdered African American women and girls, citing disproportionate statistics and asking for an annual report to the governor and legislature.
The substitute for House Bill 495 also includes a provision to create a task force on missing and murdered African American women and girls, a measure the senator identified in the transcript as the Senator from the thirteenth described as modeled on legislation passed in Minnesota and other states.
Why it matters: advocates and the sponsor argue African American women and girls are overrepresented among missing-person and homicide cases and that a dedicated task force would help centralize investigations, improve interagency data sharing and provide policy recommendations.
What the text and sponsor say The senator from the…
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