MMIP Task Force Bill Passes Montana Senate

Senate Bill 4, sponsored by Senator Jason Small, passed the Montana Senate on a vote of 43-7 Jan. 21. The bill would extend the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Task Force for another two years.

Western Native Voice’s political director Keaton Sunchild stated, “Senate Bill 4 passing the Senate is a great first step towards continuing the hard work of bringing our missing brothers and sisters home. The MMIP task force has been a proven way of starting to make real progress here in Montana and I look forward to working with the members of the House to ensure this bill passes.”

Western Native Voice is a non-profit, non-partisan social justice organization working to inspire Native leadership through community organizing, education, leadership, and advocacy in both rural and urban communities using a culturally tailored community organizing and citizen education model.

Senate Bill 4 will now move to the Montana House of Representatives and then Governor Greg Gianforte’s desk to be signed back into law.

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