The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs approved S.1942, Savanna's Act, at a business meeting on November 14, 2018.

The bill is named in honor of Savanna Marie Greywind , a 22-year-old woman from the Spirit Lake Nation who was brutally murdered after she went missing in North Dakota last year.

If enacted into law, S.1942 would require the Department of Justice to provide annual reports on the numbers of missing and murdered Indian women.

The bill can now be considered by the full Senate.

Committee Notice:

https://www.indian.senate.gov/hearing/business-meeting-consider-s-1942

S.1942:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1942