SJM 2 — MISSING & MURDERED INDIGENOUS TASK FORCE

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Pinto5 WHEREAS, the welfare of New Mexican indigenous women, children and Lindarelatives M.is connected to the broader well-being, health and safety of all New Mexicans;

Lópezand WHEREAS, the missing and Brendamurdered G.indigenous women and relatives crisis in New Mexico and beyond is inextricably rooted in the larger, complex history of state-sanctioned colonial violence against indigenous people;

McKenna and Roberto "Bobby" J.

Gonzales and Antoinette Sedillo Lopez This document may incorporate amendments proposed by a committee, but not yet adopted, as well as amendments that have been adopted during the current legislative session.

The document is a tool to show amendments in context and cannot be used for the purpose of adding amendments to legislation.

A JOINT MEMORIAL h REQUESTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONVENE A MISSING AND g o t hr MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND RELATIVES TASK FORCE.

g e i k h r i s WHEREAS, the welfare of New Mexican indigenous women, h , t, children and relatives is connected to the broader well-being, e u g e b l e e h health and safety of all New Mexicans;

and n d d i = = o h WHEREAS, the missing and murdered indigenous women and l ] b ,d i a º e relatives crisis in New Mexico and beyond is inextricably r i = r t e w d m a n o rooted in the larger, complex history of state-sanctioned d m :

b e d s º o t n = .226844.1AIC February 6, 2024 (5:26pm) s k m e e a n e d r e l u [ A d colonial violence against indigenous people;

and WHEREAS, Native American women in New Mexico have the SJM 2 highest rate of homicide victims among all racial and ethnic Page 1 groups;

and WHEREAS, tribal nations across the United States face h continued external threats that jeopardize tribal sovereignty u » r and the well-being and safety of indigenous women, children and t h g e l i relatives;

and h r i s WHEREAS, it is critical that data be accurately reported h , e h and captured and that more research be done to fully understand t u g e b l e e , gh the scope of the missing and murdered indigenous women and n d d i = = o h relatives crisis to formulate appropriate recommendations for l ] b ,d i a º r justice;

and eWHEREAS, rlaw =enforcement tresponses eto wmissing dand mmurdered indigenous women and relatives are impacted by a nlack oof WHEREAS,clarity lawaround enforcementjurisdiction, responsesparticularly in rural parts of the state where land status varies mile to missingmile and murderedin durban mpopulations :and border towns with large indigenous populations;

b r e t º o t n = .226844.1AIC February 6, 2024 (5:26pm) s k m e - 2 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d indigenous women and relatives are impacted by a lack of clarity around jurisdiction, particularly in rural parts of the state where land status varies mile to mile and in urban populations and border towns with large indigenous populations;

and WHEREAS, the 2019 task force, in partnership with the Native American budget and policy institute, reported to the governor and legislature on the task force findings and recommendations in December 2020, which led to the SJM 2 Page 2 development of two pieces of legislation for the 2022 legislative session;

and h WHEREAS, during the 2022 legislative session, Senate Bill u » r 12 and Senate Bill 13 both passed and were signed into law.

t h g e l i Senate Bill 12 created the missing indigenous persons h r i s specialist position within the office of the attorney general.

h , e h Senate Bill 13 created the annual "missing in New Mexico t u g e b l e e , gh event";

and n d d i = = o h WHEREAS, in response to this ongoing crisis, Governor l ] b ,d i a º r Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Executive Order 2021-013, which ecreated rthe =New tMexico emissing wand dmurdered mindigenous awomen nand orelatives task force after the task force that was created during the New2019 Mexicolegislative missingsession reported its findings and murderedrecommendations indigenousto womenthe dgovernor mand :the legislature and was ended;

b r e t º o t n = .226844.1AIC February 6, 2024 (5:26pm) s k m e - 3 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d and relatives task force after the task force that was created during the 2019 legislative session reported its findings and recommendations to the governor and the legislature and was ended;

and WHEREAS, on SIRCº October 20, 2023, Source New Mexico»SIRC SIRCºOctober 19, 2023, New Mexico In Depth»SIRCDepth first reported that the missing and murdered indigenous women and SJM 2 Page 3 relatives task force had been ended, leaving questions unanswered;

h NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE u » r STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the attorney general be requested to t h g e l i convene a missing and murdered indigenous women and relatives h r i s task force and house it within the office of the attorney h , e h general;

and t u g e b l e e , gh BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force be created to n d d i = = o h update the 2022 state response plan and provide ongoing l ] b ,d i a º r legislative recommendations on how to address the missing and e r = t e w d m a n o murdered indigenous women and relatives crisis in New Mexico;

dand mBE :IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force consist of no more than forty members appointed by the attorney general, with the attorney general or the attorney general's designee serving as the chair;

b r e t º o t n = .226844.1AIC February 6, 2024 (5:26pm) s k m e - 4 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force consist of no more than forty members appointed by the attorney general, with the attorney general or the attorney general's designee serving as the chair;

and the municipal police SJM 2 Page 4 departments of the cities of Albuquerque, Gallup, Farmington and Santa Fe;

two legislators, including one senator and one h representative nominated by the majority floor leaders of the u » r house of representatives and senate and who serve on any of the t h g e l i following legislative interim committees:

the committee that h r i s studies courts, corrections and justice, the committee that h , e h studies Indian affairs and the legislative health and human t u g e b l e e , gh services committee;

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no more than three pueblo representatives from a l ] b ,d i a º r northern pueblo, a southern pueblo and the all pueblo council e r = t e w d m a n o of governors;

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a statewide or local nongovernmental organization that provides legal services to SJM 2 Page 5 indigenous women and girls who have been victims of violence;

or a local nongovernmental organization h that provides direct services to survivors of sex trafficking;

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no more than four representatives from other t h g e l i nonprofit organizations not mentioned in Subsection G of this h r i s resolving clause;

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no more than five representatives who are t u g e b l e e , gh indigenous survivors of violence or family members of an n d d i = = o h indigenous relative who has been a victim of violence;

members l ] b ,d i a º r of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and e r = t e w d m a n o two-spirit plus community;