MMIP bills enter committee without opposition

HELENA — Three bills that would continue the work of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Task Force had their first hearing in the House Judiciary Committee Thursday.

Proponents came from both inside of and outside of tribal communities. There were no opponents to the bills, all of them sponsored by Rep. Sharon Stewart Peregoy, D-Crow Agency.

Jason Butterfly was one of the proponents. He lost his aunt in 2013, and the case went cold.