>> SENATE BILL 172 IS A PARTISAN PIECE OF LEGISLATION AUTHORED BY REPRESENTEE COLLIN WALKE AND REPRESENTATIVE PAUL ROSINO. ACCORDING TO THE COALITION TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST NATI WOMEN, FOUR OUT OF FIVE WOMEN ARE AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE AND FACE MURDER RATES AT A HIGHER RATE THAN THE NATIONAL LEVEL. IT’S A PROBLEM ALSO SEEN IN >> THERE ARE ABOUT 220 CASES THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED THA AGAIN BECAUSE OF A LACK OF DATA, BECAUSE OF A LACK OF CLEAR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THES VARIOUS AGENCIES, THEY JUST SIMPLY HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO GET ADDRESSED. ALEJANDRA: THE BILL, ALSO KNOWN AS IDA’S LAW, IS NAMED AFTER IDA BEARDED FROM EL RENO. SHE WENT MISSING IN 2015 AND HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND. THE BILL WOULD DIRECT THE OKLAHOMA STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO GET FEDERAL FUNDING TO INVESTIGATE THESE CASES AND WOULD ALSO CREATE THE OFFICE OF LIAISON FOR MISSING MURDERED INDIGENOUS PERSONS. >> IT WILL ALLOW US TO COORDINATE THOSE EFFORTS THROUGH AN EVEN GREATER DEGREE BECAUSE THERE IS CURRENTLY SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHO HAS ENFORCEMENT ABILITY ON TRIBAL AREAS OR WITH REGARD TO CRIMES INVOLVING TRIBAL MEMBERS. ALEJANDRA: REP. WALKE IS OPTIMISTIC GOV. STITT WILL SIG THE BILL, SAYING IT’S A CONSTRUCTIVE SOLUTION TO A REAL PROBLEM THAT DOESN’T COST OKLAHOMA TAXPAYERS ANY MONEY. >> AND TO PROVIDE SOLACE AND CLOSURE FOR THESE FAMILIES HAVE GONE THROUGH THESE TRAUM
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Gov. Stitt to signal invoice centered on fixing circumstances of lacking, murdered Indigenous Oklahomans
Up to date: 12:28 PM CDT Apr 20, 2023
Gov. Kevin Stitt is about to signal a invoice centered on fixing circumstances involving lacking and murdered Indigenous individuals in Oklahoma. The laws, Senate Invoice 172, is also called Ida’s Regulation. Stitt is anticipated to signal the invoice throughout a 2 p.m. ceremony Tuesday on the Oklahoma State Capitol. Watch the ceremony stay within the video participant above, when it begins. In response to the governor’s workplace, Ida’s Regulation directs the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to coordinate with the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace and the U.S. Division of Justice to acquire federal funding and coordinate efforts to deal with the problem of lacking and murdered indigenous individuals in Oklahoma. The measure is known as for 29-year-old Ida Beard from El Reno, a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes who went lacking in 2015 and has by no means been discovered, officers mentioned.
Gov. Kevin Stitt is about to signal a invoice centered on fixing circumstances involving lacking and murdered Indigenous individuals in Oklahoma.
The laws, Senate Invoice 172, is also called Ida’s Regulation. Stitt is anticipated to signal the invoice throughout a 2 p.m. ceremony Tuesday on the Oklahoma State Capitol.
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Watch the ceremony stay within the video participant above, when it begins.
In response to the governor’s workplace, Ida’s Regulation directs the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to coordinate with the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace and the U.S. Division of Justice to acquire federal funding and coordinate efforts to deal with the problem of lacking and murdered indigenous individuals in Oklahoma.
The measure is known as for 29-year-old Ida Beard from El Reno, a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes who went lacking in 2015 and has by no means been discovered, officers mentioned.
