Amended IN Senate June 03, 2024 Amended IN Assembly April 04, 2024 Amended IN Assembly March 18, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2279Introduced by Assembly Members Cervantes and RamosFebruary 08, 2024An act to add Section 15008 to the Government Code, relating to state government.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2279, as amended, Cervantes. Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Persons. Persons Justice Program.Existing law establishes the Department of Justice, and makes the department responsible, in part, for overseeing statewide criminal justice programs.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 establish a Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Persons Justice Program within the Department of Justice. The bill would impose specified responsibilities on the bureau, program, including facilitating collaboration and acting as a liaison between tribal victims families, tribal governments, and federal, tribal, state, and out-of-state law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California, including cases involving human trafficking. The bill, until January 1, 2029, would require the bureau to submit an annual report to both houses of the Legislature containing data on the number of and facts about cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 15008 is added to the Government Code, to read:15008. The Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Persons Justice Program is established within the Department of Justice. The bureau program shall have all of the following responsibilities:(a) Facilitate collaboration and act as a liaison between tribal victims families, tribal governments, and federal, tribal, state, and out-of-state law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California, including cases involving human trafficking.(b) Assist in investigating Provide technical advice to law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons, including cases of human trafficking, that occur in California, if where appropriate.(c) Publish data on the number of and facts about cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California.(d) Submit an annual report to both houses of the Legislature containing the information published pursuant to subdivision (c).(1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed pursuant to this subdivision is inoperative on and after January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 10231.5.(2) The report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
Amended IN Senate June 03, 2024 Amended IN Assembly April 04, 2024 Amended IN Assembly March 18, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2279Introduced by Assembly Members Cervantes and RamosFebruary 08, 2024An act to add Section 15008 to the Government Code, relating to state government.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2279, as amended, Cervantes. Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Persons. Persons Justice Program.Existing law establishes the Department of Justice, and makes the department responsible, in part, for overseeing statewide criminal justice programs.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 establish a Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Persons Justice Program within the Department of Justice. The bill would impose specified responsibilities on the bureau, program, including facilitating collaboration and acting as a liaison between tribal victims families, tribal governments, and federal, tribal, state, and out-of-state law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California, including cases involving human trafficking. The bill, until January 1, 2029, would require the bureau to submit an annual report to both houses of the Legislature containing data on the number of and facts about cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate June 03, 2024 Amended IN Assembly April 04, 2024 Amended IN Assembly March 18, 2024
Amended IN Senate June 03, 2024
Amended IN Assembly April 04, 2024
Amended IN Assembly March 18, 2024
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 to add Section 15008 to the Government Code, relating to state government.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2279, as amended, Cervantes. Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Persons. Persons Justice Program.
Existing law establishes the Department of Justice, and makes the department responsible, in part, for overseeing statewide criminal justice programs.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 establish a Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Persons Justice Program within the Department of Justice. The bill would impose specified responsibilities on the bureau, program, including facilitating collaboration and acting as a liaison between tribal victims families, tribal governments, and federal, tribal, state, and out-of-state law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California, including cases involving human trafficking. The bill, until January 1, 2029, would require the bureau to submit an annual report to both houses of the Legislature containing data on the number of and facts about cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California.
Existing law establishes the Department of Justice, and makes the department responsible, in part, for overseeing statewide criminal justice programs.
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 establish a Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Persons Justice Program within the Department of Justice. The bill would impose specified responsibilities on the bureau, program, including facilitating collaboration and acting as a liaison between tribal victims families, tribal governments, and federal, tribal, state, and out-of-state law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California, including cases involving human trafficking. The bill, until January 1, 2029, would require the bureau to submit an annual report to both houses of the Legislature containing data on the number of and facts about cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 15008 is added to the Government Code, to read:15008. The Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Persons Justice Program is established within the Department of Justice. The bureau program shall have all of the following responsibilities:(a) Facilitate collaboration and act as a liaison between tribal victims families, tribal governments, and federal, tribal, state, and out-of-state law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California, including cases involving human trafficking.(b) Assist in investigating Provide technical advice to law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons, including cases of human trafficking, that occur in California, if where appropriate.(c) Publish data on the number of and facts about cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California.(d) Submit an annual report to both houses of the Legislature containing the information published pursuant to subdivision (c).(1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed pursuant to this subdivision is inoperative on and after January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 10231.5.(2) The report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 15008 is added to the Government Code, to read:15008. The Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Persons Justice Program is established within the Department of Justice. The bureau program shall have all of the following responsibilities:(a) Facilitate collaboration and act as a liaison between tribal victims families, tribal governments, and federal, tribal, state, and out-of-state law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California, including cases involving human trafficking.(b) Assist in investigating Provide technical advice to law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons, including cases of human trafficking, that occur in California, if where appropriate.(c) Publish data on the number of and facts about cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California.(d) Submit an annual report to both houses of the Legislature containing the information published pursuant to subdivision (c).(1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed pursuant to this subdivision is inoperative on and after January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 10231.5.(2) The report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
SECTION 1. Section 15008 is added to the Government Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
15008. The Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Persons Justice Program is established within the Department of Justice. The bureau program shall have all of the following responsibilities:(a) Facilitate collaboration and act as a liaison between tribal victims families, tribal governments, and federal, tribal, state, and out-of-state law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California, including cases involving human trafficking.(b) Assist in investigating Provide technical advice to law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons, including cases of human trafficking, that occur in California, if where appropriate.(c) Publish data on the number of and facts about cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California.(d) Submit an annual report to both houses of the Legislature containing the information published pursuant to subdivision (c).(1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed pursuant to this subdivision is inoperative on and after January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 10231.5.(2) The report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
15008. The Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Persons Justice Program is established within the Department of Justice. The bureau program shall have all of the following responsibilities:(a) Facilitate collaboration and act as a liaison between tribal victims families, tribal governments, and federal, tribal, state, and out-of-state law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California, including cases involving human trafficking.(b) Assist in investigating Provide technical advice to law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons, including cases of human trafficking, that occur in California, if where appropriate.(c) Publish data on the number of and facts about cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California.(d) Submit an annual report to both houses of the Legislature containing the information published pursuant to subdivision (c).(1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed pursuant to this subdivision is inoperative on and after January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 10231.5.(2) The report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
15008. The Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Persons Justice Program is established within the Department of Justice. The bureau program shall have all of the following responsibilities:(a) Facilitate collaboration and act as a liaison between tribal victims families, tribal governments, and federal, tribal, state, and out-of-state law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California, including cases involving human trafficking.(b) Assist in investigating Provide technical advice to law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons, including cases of human trafficking, that occur in California, if where appropriate.(c) Publish data on the number of and facts about cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California.(d) Submit an annual report to both houses of the Legislature containing the information published pursuant to subdivision (c).(1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed pursuant to this subdivision is inoperative on and after January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 10231.5.(2) The report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
15008. The Bureau of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Persons Justice Program is established within the Department of Justice. The bureau program shall have all of the following responsibilities:
(a) Facilitate collaboration and act as a liaison between tribal victims families, tribal governments, and federal, tribal, state, and out-of-state law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California, including cases involving human trafficking.
(b) Assist in investigating Provide technical advice to law enforcement agencies regarding cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons, including cases of human trafficking, that occur in California, if where appropriate.
(c) Publish data on the number of and facts about cases involving missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and persons in California.
(d) Submit an annual report to both houses of the Legislature containing the information published pursuant to subdivision (c).
(1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed pursuant to this subdivision is inoperative on and after January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 10231.5.
(2) The report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.