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Conference committee adds 'feather alert' for missing Indigenous people, requires at least one public notification method
Summary
A North Dakota conference committee amended House Bill 1535 to create a 'feather alert' for missing Indigenous people, require authorities to use at least one notification method and add reporting to the Indian Affairs Commission; the amended bill received a due-pass vote and will be carried to the House.
Members of the conference committee on House Bill 1535 on Monday approved amendments that create a "feather alert" — a missing endangered persons notice for people of Indigenous background — and require authorities to "shall use at least 1 mode of communication" when issuing alerts defined in the bill.
The change was offered and explained by Senator Rohrs, who said the amendment would replace language that "may use multiple modes" with a requirement that the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, in cooperation with the Highway Patrol, the Department of Emergency Services and local law enforcement, "shall use at least 1 mode of communication for alerts defined in this section, including but not limited to" a specified list of channels.
Committee members said the amendment is intended to close a gap in the state's alert system for adults who are neither Amber nor Silver…
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