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House approves new missing‑person alert categories including a ‘feather alert’ for Indigenous adults
Summary
The House passed House Bill 15‑35 to expand the state alert system with a ‘missing and endangered persons’ alert and a feather alert specific to Indigenous individuals; lawmakers debated whether expansion could dilute system effectiveness.
The North Dakota House of Representatives approved House Bill 15‑35 on a 74‑17 recorded vote, adding two alert categories to the state’s emergency notice system: a missing and endangered persons alert for adults believed to be at imminent risk and a feather alert specifically for Indigenous individuals.
Representative Christiansen presented the conference committee report and described the measure as aligning multiple alert types—amber, blue, silver, missing and endangered, and feather—within a single…
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