---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing May 15 of each year as Hmong-American Veterans Day."
description: "An Act establishing May 15 of each year as Hmong-American Veterans Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "HB 56"
citation: "Alaska HB 56 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOLIDAYS", "MILITARY", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["TARR"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2020-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f6347a1-39a0-4955-a478-464fb7d05b9c"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HB56"
source_hash: "5dd2058bfc012128907fbb9f25ef5f9792cd52805f09bfdf0d6ac3c051d3ba44"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ak"]
---

# Alaska HB 56 (31) — An Act establishing May 15 of each year as Hmong-American Veterans Day.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0056A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0056A)
2. **HB0056Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0056Z)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y38 N1 E1 #675 — **38–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2173 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y2 N37 E1 # 674 — **2–37** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- TARR — primary (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kopp — cosponsor (person)
- LeDoux — cosponsor (person)
- Revak — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
- Vance — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-20** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** (H) MLV, CRA
- **2019-02-21** (H) COSPONSOR(S): REVAK
- **2019-03-05** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-03-05** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-03-05** (H) Minutes (HMLV)
- **2019-03-07** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-03-07** (H) Moved HB 56 Out of Committee
- **2019-03-07** (H) Minutes (HMLV)
- **2019-03-08** (H) MLV RPT 7DP
- **2019-03-08** (H) DP: THOMPSON, KOPP, RAUSCHER, TARR, JACKSON, TUCK, LEDOUX
- **2019-03-08** (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2019-03-08** (H) COSPONSOR(S): KOPP, THOMPSON
- **2019-03-28** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2019-03-28** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-03-28** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2019-04-02** (H) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2019-04-02** (H) Moved HB 56 Out of Committee
- **2019-04-02** (H) Minutes (HCRA)
- **2019-04-03** (H) CRA RPT 7DP
- **2019-04-03** (H) DP: THOMPSON, REVAK, KREISS-TOMKINS, JACKSON, CLAMAN, HANNAN, DRUMMOND
- **2019-04-03** (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2019-04-22** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-22** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y2 N37 E1
- **2019-04-22** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-04-22** (H) Read the third time HB 56 `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** (H) PASSED Y38 N1 E1
- **2019-04-22** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SPOHNHOLZ, JOSEPHSON, VANCE
- **2019-04-22** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2019-04-22** (H) VERSION: HB 56
- **2019-04-22** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-22** (S) STA
- **2019-04-29** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI, OLSON, WIELECHOWSKI, BEGICH, GRAY-JACKSON, STEVENS,
- **2019-04-29** (S) COSTELLO
- **2020-02-25** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-02-25** (S) Moved HB 56 Out of Committee
- **2020-02-25** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2020-02-26** (S) STA RPT 3DP 1NR
- **2020-02-26** (S) DP: REVAK, COGHILL, KAWASAKI
- **2020-02-26** (S) NR: WILSON
- **2020-02-26** (S) FN2: ZERO(ADM)
- **2020-03-21** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/21/2020
- **2020-03-21** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-21** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2020-03-21** (S) Read the third time HB 56 `reading-3`
- **2020-03-21** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1
- **2020-03-21** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2020-03-21** (S) VERSION: HB 56
- **2020-05-18** (H) 10:00 A.M. 4/13/20 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-18** (H) Signed into law 4/29 CHAPTER 22 SLA 20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-05-18** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/28/20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f6347a1-39a0-4955-a478-464fb7d05b9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).