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Democratic Rep. Sharon Stuart Peregoy introduces House Bill 35 to the House Judiciary Committee on Jan. 21, 2021.
Montana lawmakers on Thursday considered a suite of bills intended to address the missing and murdered Indigenous person crisis.
Democratic Rep. Sharon Stewart Peregoy of Crow Agency told the House Judiciary Committee that lawmakers must build upon legislation passed in 2019 in response to the disproportionate number of Indigenous people who go missing in Montana.
“We’ll get our foot in the door, but we need to get into the room. And when we get into the room there’s still a whole lot of things that have to be done, she said.
HELENA — Three bills that would continue the work of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Task Force had their first hearing in the House Judiciary Committee Thursday.