Wearing Of Native American Traditional Regalia
Summary
The act requires a public school or school district to allow a qualified student to wear and display traditional Native American regalia at a school graduation ceremony and applies to pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, primary school, and secondary school graduation ceremonies. The act requires public colleges and universities to allow a qualified student to wear and display traditional Native American regalia at a college graduation ceremony. APPROVED by Governor May 4, 2023 EFFECTIVE May 4, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Signed into Law
May 2023
Introduced Mar 20, 2023
Signed May 4, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Apr 10, 2023 · House Apr 26, 2023
How they voted
26–6
Passed
Total votes 32
Apr 10, 2023
D
Democratic22
100% Yea
R
Republican10
60% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Amendments
1
May 4, 2023
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
Apr 27, 2023
Introduced
Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
upper
Apr 26, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Apr 10, 2023
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Education
lower
Apr 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
Apr 3, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Mar 20, 2023
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education
upper
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
BM
Barbara McLachlan
DDemocratic
P
Elizabeth Velasco
DDemocratic
P
Jessie Danielson
DDemocratic
P
SJ
Sonya Jaquez Lewis
DDemocratic
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