HB0116 will create a task force to:
- develop recommendations for improvements in the criminal justice and social service systems for preventing and addressing the murdered and missing Indigenous women, girls, and LGBTQ + crisis in Utah.
- identify systemic causes behind the violence, including patterns and underlying factors
- identify gaps in local, state, and federal law enforcement agency data collection
- review and analyze current collected data and recommend improvements
- provide a report and included proposed legislation
How to be involved:
- contact your legislator and/or senator by phone or email and let them know your position
- attend public hearings (le.utah.gov.)
- follow Restoring Ancestral Winds on social media for updates and public announcements (facebook and instagram) *see bottom of page for links
- be a good relative: enacting Indigenous leadership and protecting Indigenous life ways grants healing to us all