---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing November as Alaska Native Heritage Month."
description: "An Act establishing November as Alaska Native Heritage Month."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "HB 126"
citation: "Alaska HB 126 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALASKA NATIVES", "HOLIDAYS", "PROCLAMATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOUSE TRIBAL AFFAIRS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-08"
last_action: "2019-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1c7b13a-8a84-4641-a37b-6d5e7020dc3c"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HB126"
source_hash: "a0074cf0ff1f6f94d8bdf11892aaf5a4eb4ecf13c95cd73ad401b77d988546c1"
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 126 (31) — An Act establishing November as Alaska Native Heritage Month.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0126A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0126A)
2. **HB0126Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0126Z)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y18 N- A2 #1131 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y36 N1 E3 #834 — **36–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HOUSE TRIBAL AFFAIRS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-08** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** (H) TRB
- **2019-04-09** (H) TRIBAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM CAPITOL 106
- **2019-04-09** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-04-09** (H) Minutes (HTRB)
- **2019-04-16** (H) TRIBAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM CAPITOL 106
- **2019-04-16** (H) Moved HB 126 Out of Committee
- **2019-04-16** (H) Minutes (HTRB)
- **2019-04-17** (H) TRB RPT 7DP
- **2019-04-17** (H) DP: VANCE, ORTIZ, EDGMON, TALERICO, KOPP, LINCOLN, ZULKOSKY
- **2019-04-17** (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2019-05-07** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/7/2019
- **2019-05-07** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-05-07** (H) Read the third time HB 126 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** (H) PASSED Y36 N1 E3
- **2019-05-07** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2019-05-07** (H) VERSION: HB 126
- **2019-05-08** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** (S) CRA
- **2019-05-09** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2019-05-09** (S) Moved HB 126 Out of Committee
- **2019-05-09** (S) Minutes (SCRA)
- **2019-05-10** (S) CRA RPT 5DP
- **2019-05-10** (S) DP: BISHOP, GRAY-JACKSON, HOFFMAN, BIRCH, COSTELLO
- **2019-05-10** (S) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2019-05-13** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/13/2019
- **2019-05-13** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-05-13** (S) Read the third time HB 126 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-13** (S) PASSED Y18 N- A2
- **2019-05-13** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2019-05-13** (S) VERSION: HB 126
- **2019-10-23** (H) 9:12 A.M. 9/18/19 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-23** (H) Signed into law 10/5 CHAPTER 29 SLA 19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-23** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 1/3/20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1c7b13a-8a84-4641-a37b-6d5e7020dc3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).