---
type: "Bill"
title: "Diné; indigenous code talkers; holiday"
description: "Diné; indigenous code talkers; holiday"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-1st-regular"
identifier: "SB 1802"
citation: "Arizona SB 1802 (55th-1st-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CODE TALKERS DAY", "DINE", "GENERAL PROVISIONS - TITLE 1", "HOLIDAY", "HOLIDAYS", "HOPI", "INDIGENOUS", "INDIGENOUS CODE TALKERS", "NATIONAL NAVAJO CODE TALKERS DAY (H)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jamescita Peshlakai"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98752ede-d91c-4346-8485-11e215b4b78b"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/75951?SessionId=123"
source_hash: "216fade4cf273e5c1f393dfe5f401d91be05fd577d8b4880348a7f1b05e30a2f"
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-az"]
---

# Arizona SB 1802 (55th-1st-regular) — Diné; indigenous code talkers; holiday

## Version chain

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

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/laws/0152.htm)
2. **HOUSE - Floor Amend to Bill - Blackwater-Nygren - passed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/GetDocumentPdf/487352)
3. **House Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1802H.htm)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1802P.htm)
5. **SENATE - Peshlakai flr amend (ref Bill) adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/adopted/S.1802PESHLAKAI0518.docx.htm)
6. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/1R/bills/SB1802S.htm)

## Votes

- Passed — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jamescita Peshlakai — primary (person)
- Athena Salman — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- David Gowan — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Cook — cosponsor (person)
- David Livingston — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Mesnard — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Jermaine — cosponsor (person)
- Juan Mendez — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Fann — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly Townsend — cosponsor (person)
- Kirsten Engel — cosponsor (person)
- Lela Alston — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Otondo — cosponsor (person)
- Lorenzo Sierra — cosponsor (person)
- Lupe Contreras — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Quezada — cosponsor (person)
- Melody Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Ugenti-Rita — cosponsor (person)
- Myron Tsosie — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Barto — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Boyer — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Rios — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Rosanna Gabaldon — cosponsor (person)
- Sally Ann Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Bowie — cosponsor (person)
- Sine Kerr — cosponsor (person)
- Sonny Borrelli — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas Shope — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Navarrete — cosponsor (person)
- Tyler Pace — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Steele — cosponsor (person)
- Vince Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Warren Petersen — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy Rogers — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-01** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Transmit to House
- **2021-03-03** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** DP `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2021-03-18** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Transmit to Senate
- **2021-03-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-03-24** PASSED `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98752ede-d91c-4346-8485-11e215b4b78b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).