Savanna’s Act and Not Invisible Act pass Senate

Legislation addressing the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous women gets unanimous approval

U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Tom Udall, D-New Mexico, and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, applauded the unanimous passage of two bills — directed to addressing the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women — in the Senate Wednesday. The measure will now go to the House for consideration.

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Savanna’s Act was first introduced by former Senator Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat from North Dakota, and named after Savanna Greywind, a pregnant 22-year-old Native woman from the Spirit Lake Nation who was murdered in 2017.

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