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CA ACR136

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

6/8/2022

Primary Sponsor

James Ramos

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Origin

State Assembly

2021-2022 Session

AI Summary

  • Designates May 2022 as Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month in California
  • Notes that 5,712 missing and murdered indigenous cases were reported to the National Crime Information Center in 2016
  • Highlights that homicide is the second to seventh leading cause of death for indigenous women according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • States that in some tribal communities, indigenous women face murder rates 10 times higher than the national average
  • References that California has the sixth highest death rate of indigenous women in urban cities and the largest American Indian population of any state

Legislative Description

Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 83, Statutes of 2022.

6/8/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules5/9/2022
Rules2/18/2022

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