CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2279Introduced by Assembly Members Cervantes and RamosFebruary 08, 2024 An act relating to state government.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2279, as introduced, Cervantes. Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.Existing law establishes a Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program to provide grants to local law enforcement agencies to provide training to officers and to provide specified services to Native American persons and communities.Existing law requires the Department of Justice to provide technical assistance to local law enforcement agencies and tribal governments relating to tribal issues, including providing guidance for law enforcement education and training on policing and criminal investigations on Indian lands, providing guidance on improving crime reporting, crime statistics, criminal procedures, and investigative tools, and facilitating and supporting improved communication between local law enforcement agencies and tribal governments.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to create a Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women within the Department of Justice.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to create a Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women within the Department of Justice. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2279Introduced by Assembly Members Cervantes and RamosFebruary 08, 2024 An act relating to state government.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2279, as introduced, Cervantes. Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.Existing law establishes a Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program to provide grants to local law enforcement agencies to provide training to officers and to provide specified services to Native American persons and communities.Existing law requires the Department of Justice to provide technical assistance to local law enforcement agencies and tribal governments relating to tribal issues, including providing guidance for law enforcement education and training on policing and criminal investigations on Indian lands, providing guidance on improving crime reporting, crime statistics, criminal procedures, and investigative tools, and facilitating and supporting improved communication between local law enforcement agencies and tribal governments.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to create a Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women within the Department of Justice.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2279 Introduced by Assembly Members Cervantes and RamosFebruary 08, 2024 Introduced by Assembly Members Cervantes and Ramos February 08, 2024 An act relating to state government. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2279, as introduced, Cervantes. Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Existing law establishes a Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program to provide grants to local law enforcement agencies to provide training to officers and to provide specified services to Native American persons and communities.Existing law requires the Department of Justice to provide technical assistance to local law enforcement agencies and tribal governments relating to tribal issues, including providing guidance for law enforcement education and training on policing and criminal investigations on Indian lands, providing guidance on improving crime reporting, crime statistics, criminal procedures, and investigative tools, and facilitating and supporting improved communication between local law enforcement agencies and tribal governments.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to create a Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women within the Department of Justice. Existing law establishes a Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program to provide grants to local law enforcement agencies to provide training to officers and to provide specified services to Native American persons and communities. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to provide technical assistance to local law enforcement agencies and tribal governments relating to tribal issues, including providing guidance for law enforcement education and training on policing and criminal investigations on Indian lands, providing guidance on improving crime reporting, crime statistics, criminal procedures, and investigative tools, and facilitating and supporting improved communication between local law enforcement agencies and tribal governments. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to create a Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women within the Department of Justice. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to create a Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women within the Department of Justice. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to create a Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women within the Department of Justice. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to create a Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women within the Department of Justice. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to create a Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women within the Department of Justice. ### SECTION 1.