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type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing the second Monday of October of each year as Indigenous Peoples Day."
description: "An Act establishing the second Monday of October of each year as Indigenous Peoples Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "HB 78"
citation: "Alaska HB 78 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOLIDAYS", "NATIVES", "PROCLAMATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WESTLAKE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae304530-732c-452d-87e0-a49553cdc212"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=HB78"
source_hash: "c847f88fac14a7ef6772d5cbd417f189dc96bc0f9518c2d7799de75736c41fee"
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 78 (30) — An Act establishing the second Monday of October of each year as Indigenous Peoples Day.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0078A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0078A)
2. **HB0078Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=HB0078Z)
## Votes
- Shall HOUSE BILL NO. 78 "An Act establishing the second Monday of October of each year as Indigenous Peoples Day" pass the Senate? — **181** (pass) · upper
- Shall HB 78 pass the House? — **317** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- WESTLAKE — primary (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Edgmon — cosponsor (person)
- Fansler — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Gara — cosponsor (person)
- Grenn — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kito — cosponsor (person)
- Kreiss-Tomkins — cosponsor (person)
- LeDoux — cosponsor (person)
- Millett — cosponsor (person)
- Parish — cosponsor (person)
- Seaton — cosponsor (person)
- Spohnholz — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Tuck — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-25** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Community & Regional Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** CRA RPT 4DP 2NR
- **2017-02-01** CRA Do Pass: WESTLAKE, DRUMMOND, FANSLER, PARISH `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-01** CRA No Recommendation: TALERICO, RAUSCHER
- **2017-02-01** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Administration)
- **2017-02-01** RULES TO CALENDAR 2/1/2017
- **2017-02-01** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01** AM NO 1 FAILED Y14 N25 A1
- **2017-02-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 2/3 CALENDAR
- **2017-02-01** Cosponsors added: LEDOUX, JOSEPHSON, GRENN, KAWASAKI, CLAMAN, SEATON, GARA
- **2017-02-03** Read the third time HB 78 `reading-3`
- **2017-02-03** PASSED Y31 N7 E2 `passage`
- **2017-02-03** TRANSMITTED TO (S)
- **2017-02-03** VERSION: HB 78
- **2017-02-06** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Community & Regional Affairs and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** CRA RPT 4DP
- **2017-03-01** CRA Do Pass: BISHOP, HOFFMAN, GARDNER, MACKINNON `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-01** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Administration)
- **2017-04-14** STA RPT 2DP 3NR
- **2017-04-14** STA Do Pass: MEYER, EGAN `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-14** STA No Recommendation: WILSON, GIESSEL, COGHILL
- **2017-04-14** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Administration)
- **2017-04-16** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/16/2017
- **2017-04-16** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-04-16** Read the third time HB 78 `reading-3`
- **2017-04-16** CROSS SPONSOR(S): OLSON, WIELECHOWSKI, EGAN, BEGICH, HOFFMAN, MACKINNON,
- **2017-04-16** STEVENS, VON IMHOF, BISHOP, STEDMAN, MEYER, MICCICHE
- **2017-04-16** PASSED Y18 N1 E1 `passage`
- **2017-04-16** RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2017-04-16** VERSION: HB 78
- **2017-06-12** 10:14 AM 6/12/17 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-27** Signed into law 6/24 CHAPTER 15 SLA 17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-27** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/22/17
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae304530-732c-452d-87e0-a49553cdc212`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).