MO HB3429

Establishes an office within the Missouri Department of Public Safety dedicated to preventing and ending the targeting of African American women and girls, led by an executive director with connections to the African American community and expertise in criminal investigations

Requires the office to collect and track data on missing persons and homicide cases involving African American women and girls, including case resolution rates, Amber alert statistics disaggregated by race and sex, and comparisons to other demographic groups

Directs the office to analyze intersections between these cases and labor trafficking, sex trafficking, and domestic violence, and to conduct case reviews of cold cases, suspicious deaths ruled as suicide or overdose, and prosecution/sentencing outcomes

Creates the "Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls Fund" to receive appropriations, gifts, and grants, with funds used to issue grants to community organizations providing prevention services, training, and victim assistance

Requires annual reports to the legislature by January 15th on outcomes achieved, data on missing and murdered cases, and by February 1st on grant recipient activities and individuals served