State Legislation
- Washington State House Bill 2951 would require the Washington State Patrol (WSP) to work with tribal law enforcement and the Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs to conduct a study to increase state resources for reporting and identifying missing Native American women throughout Washington state.
- North Dakota Representative Ruth Buffalo of Fargo introduced two bills that would require additional training and data collection by law enforcement related to missing and murdered indigenous people.
- The first bill (HB 1313) will require the state’s criminal justice data information sharing system to include data related to missing and murdered Indigenous Peoples.
- The other bill (HB 1311) would provide training for state’s attorneys and law enforcement officers and officials regarding missing and murdered indigenous people. The training would be provided by the North Dakota Human Trafficking Commission.
- Arizona House Bill 2570: Study committee; murdered Indigenous women.
- An act establishing a study committee on missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.
- Montana House Bill 21
- Act establishing "Hanna's Act"; authorizing the Department of Justice to assist with the Investigation of all missing persons cases
- New Mexico House Bill 278: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
- An act relating to missing persons; creating the missing and murdered Indigenous women task force; making and appropriation; declaring an emergency
- South Dakota Senate Bill 164
- An Act to provide uniform procedures for the reporting of and investigation of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
- North Dakota House Resolution 3056
- A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to consider studying the issues and data reporting challenges related to missing and murdered indigenous people and human trafficking cases.
Tribal Legislation
- The Navajo Nation Law Against Human Trafficking
- Snoqualmie Tribal Code Title 7, Chapter 1
- Pascua Yaqui Tribal Code Title 4: Criminal Code
- Swinomis Tribal Code Title 4, Chapter 3: Criminal Code
- Tulalip Tribal Code Chapter 3.25: Offenses Against the Family
- Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Code Article XIII: Offenses Against Public Morality and Decency