HB1237 requires law enforcement agencies in South Dakota to collect and report data on missing and murdered Indigenous persons to a centralized state database. This new requirement aims to improve tracking and coordination across agencies to help solve cases and identify patterns affecting Indigenous communities, addressing a long-standing gap in how these cases have been documented and investigated.
This bill does not directly amend codified state law.
House of Representatives Tabled Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0. H.J. 451
House of Representatives Deferred to another day H.J. 433
State Affairs Do Pass Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0. H.J. 406
State Affairs Scheduled for hearing
House of Representatives Referred to House State Affairs H.J. 280
First Reading House H.J. 260
Peri Pourier
Prime sponsor · Rep.
D
Red Dawn Foster
Prime sponsor · Sen.
D
Cosponsors
Tabled
State Affairs — Do Pass