SB 178 — Form Missing Women-Black, Indigenous, People of Color task force

As IntroducedReported by the Senate Judiciary Committee 136th General Assembly Regular Session S.Am.

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Senators Antonio, Craig, SmithSmith, Manning To enact section 2901.44 of the Revised Code to 1 create the Task Force on Missing Women and Girls 2 who are Black, Indigenous, or People of ColorColor. 3 and to make an appropriation.

43 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

That section 2901.44 of the Revised Code be 54 enacted to read as follows:

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(A) The task force on missing women and 76 girls who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color is created.

87 The task force shall do all of the following:

98 (1) Work with state agencies to develop policy changes 109 that will address the lack of care and concern for missing and 1110 murdered women and girls who are Black, Indigenous, or People of 1211 Color and identify policies that will ensure that first 1312 responders are culturally competent;

1413 (2) Advance the knowledge of communities on the severity 1514 of the issue of women and girls who are Black, Indigenous, or 1615 People of Color who are missing and murdered;

1716 (3) Ensure that communities of people who are Black, 1817 Indigenous, or People of Color are educated and trained on 18 prevention and protection strategies and social media protocols 19 S.Am.

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178 Page 2 As IntroducedReported preventionby andthe protectionSenate strategiesJudiciary andCommittee social media protocols 20 regarding women and girls who are Black, Indigenous, or People 2120 of Color who are missing and murdered;

2221 (4) Develop a strategy to collect statistics, 2322 demographics, surveys, oral histories, and data analysis 2423 relevant to women and girls who are Black, Indigenous, or People 2524 of Color who are missing and murdered;

2625 (5) Recommend preventive programming and ideas to advance 2726 the safety of women and girls, including policies that address 2827 the overlapping forms of oppression faced by women and girls who 2928 are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color;

3029 (6) Identify major traffic hubs, highways, and resource 3130 extraction sites that lead to or are responsible for the 3231 facilitation of the abduction of women and girls who are Black, 3332 Indigenous, or People of Color;

3433 (7) Create a statewide awareness campaign regarding women 3534 and girls who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color who are 3635 missing and murdered;

3736 (8) Hold public meetings throughout the state to solicit 3837 public input;

3938 (9) Solicit and accept written public input.

4039 (B) The task force shall consist of the following members:

4140 (1) The director of job and family services or the 4241 director's designee;

4342 (2) The executive director of the division of criminal 4443 justice services or the executive director's designee;

4544 (3) The superintendent of the state highway patrol or the 4645 S.superintendent's designee;

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178 Page 3 As IntroducedReported superintendent'sby designee;the Senate Judiciary Committee (4) Two members appointed by the president of the senate;

47 (4)(5) Two members appointed by the presidentspeaker of the senate;house of 48 representatives;

4849 (5)(6) TwoOne membersmember appointed by the speakerminority leader of the house50 ofsenate; 49 representatives;

5051 (6)(7) One member appointed by the minority leader of the 5152 senate;house of representatives.

5253 (7)(B) OneTask memberforce members appointed byunder thedivisions minority(B)(4) leaderto 54 (7) of this section shall be representative of the 53communities house55 experiencing this crisis, including directly impacted 56 individuals, and reflect the diversity of representatives.the state and have 57 experience in cultural competency.

5458 (B)(C) TaskInitial force members appointed under divisions (B)(4) to 55 (7) of thisthe sectiontask force shall be representativeappointed of59 thenot communitieslater 56than experiencingninety thisdays crisis,after including directly impacted 57 individuals, and reflect the diversityeffective date of thethis state60 andsection. have 58 experience in cultural competency.

59Members (C) Initial members of the task force shallappointed beunder appointeddivisions 60(B) not61 later(4) thanto ninety(7) daysof afterthis thesection effectiveshall dateserve terms of thistwo 61years. section.

MembersAny of62 vacancy on the task force appointedshall underbe divisionsfilled (B)in 62the (4)same tomanner (7)as of63 thisthe sectionoriginal shallappointment. serve terms of two years.

Any64 63(D) vacancyMembers onshall theselect taska forcechairperson shallfrom beamong filled in the same65 mannermembers asof 64 the originaltask appointment.force.

6566 (D)(E) MembersA shallmajority selectof athe chairpersonmembers fromof amongthe task force 67 constitutes a quorum for the 66transaction membersof the business of the 68 task force.

6769 (E)(F) ATask majorityforce of the members ofshall theserve taskwithout forcecompensation 6870 constitutesbut ashall quorumbe reimbursed for theactual transactionand ofnecessary theexpenses business71 ofincurred in the 69performance taskof force.their duties.

7072 (F)(G) TaskNot forcelater membersthan shalltwo serveyears withoutafter compensationthe 71effective butdate shallof be73 reimbursedthis forsection, actual and necessaryevery expensestwo 72years incurredthereafter, in the performancetask offorce their74 duties.Am.

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178 Page 4 As IntroducedReported (G)by Not later than two years after the effectiveSenate dateJudiciary ofCommittee 74 this section, and every two years thereafter, the task force 75 shall submit a report containing its findings and 7675 recommendations to the president of the senate, speaker of the 7776 house of representatives, minority leader of the senate, and 7877 minority leader of the house of representatives.

The report 7978 shall be made available to the public.