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Indigenous women march to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous Women at the 2019 Women s March in San Francisco, Calif.
A bill that would allocate resources, collect better data and be a resource for Indigenous families when their loved ones go missing is headed to Gov. Kevin Stitt s desk for a signature.
Senate Bill 172 is also known as Ida s Law, named after 29-year-old Cheyenne-Arapaho woman Ida Beard, who went missing in 2015.
Too often, when an Indigenous person ends up missing or is found murdered, family members have a hard time getting answers from the maze of law enforcement agencies because of jurisdictional complexity. This law aims to solve that by creating the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons.
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Senate sends student vision bill to governor
OKLAHOMA CITY â Legislation to help public schools more quickly identify students with vision problems passed the Senate on Wednesday.
House Bill 1598, authored by Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa and Sen. Marty Quinn, R-Claremore, authorizes the State Department of Education to approve a list of personnel who may conduct required vision screenings for students.
The American Optometric Association estimates that current school eye exams give less than four percent of a comprehensive eye exam. HB1598 would increase the chances of success for students with vision problems.
HB1598 is now eligible to be signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt.
A bill headed to the governor’s desk focuses on solving cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous persons.The legislation is known as Ida’s Law. Author Rep. Collin Walke, D-Oklahoma City, spoke about the changes he hopes the bill will bring. Senate Bill 172 is a bipartisan piece of legislation. Joining Walke in drafting the bill was Sen. Paul Rosino, R-Oklahoma City. According to the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women, four out of five native women are affected by violence, and they face murder rates higher than the national level. It’s a problem in Oklahoma as well. “There are about 220 cases that need to be resolved that, again, because of lack of data, because of a lack of clear communication between these various agencies, they just simply haven’t been able to get addressed,” Walke said. Ida’s Law is named after El Reno resident Ida Beard. She went missing in 2015 and has never been found. The bill would direct the Oklahoma State Bureau of In
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A bill that would allocate resources, collect better data and be a resource for Indigenous families when their loved ones go missing is headed to Gov. Kevin Stitt s desk for a signature.
Senate Bill 172 is also known as Ida s Law, named after 29-year-old Cheyenne-Arapaho woman Ida Beard, who went missing in 2015.
Too often, when an Indigenous person ends up missing or is found murdered, family members have a hard time getting answers from the maze of law enforcement agencies because of jurisdictional complexity. This law aims to solve that by creating the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons.