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Committee considers renaming and strengthening Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons advisory body
Summary
House Bill 5 45 would rename the Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force to a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Advisory Council, add murdered to its scope, include homicide investigators and federal agencies, and require tribal notifications. Tribal leaders and advocates supported the bill as clarifying and improving multi-jurisdictional coordination.
Representative Shelly Fyant presented House Bill 5 45 to revise the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force's name, membership and duties. The bill adds "murdered" to the name, replaces a Montana Highway Patrol seat with a homicide investigator, adds applicable federal agencies to improve coordination, and requires notifications to tribal governments…
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