House Finance Committee advances license plate to fund office for missing and murdered Indigenous relatives

House Finance Committee members on the bill advanced House Bill 10 36, which would create a special motor vehicle license plate to raise funds for the Office of the Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives.

Representative Monica Velasco, the bill sponsor, told the committee the plate would be available beginning January 2026 “by making a minimum donation of $25” and that “these funds will go directly to this office in the state.”

The bill’s supporters told the committee that the office — created in 2022 — issues alerts, connects families with resources and works with tribal and local law enforcement. “This is a lifeline to our native people,” said Melody Delmar, director of the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives, Division of Criminal Justice, Colorado Department of Public Safety. Delmar added that data and interagency work show juvenile females are…