May 5 is the national day of awareness; it will now be locally recognized. The governor signed three bills in late April in an effort to confront the MMIP crisis in Montana, the governor's office said in a release. The three bills provide the state and the tribes resources to follow data, raise awareness and step up interagency partnership to protect indigenous persons in Montana, the release continued. HB 35 creates the Missing Indigenous Persons Review Commission at the Montana Department of Justice. HB 98 expands the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Task Force and the Looping in Native Communities (LINC) grant program. SB 4 expands the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Task Force.