Alaska 33rd Legislature (2023-2024) Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 16 D · 4 R · 3 I cosponsors

HJR 17 — Urging the United States Congress to pass the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act.

Last action — (H) PERMANENTLY FILED 9/23 LEGIS RESOLVE 30

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    Introduced
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 33rd Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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What changed in the latest version

56 added · 64 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to HJR 17 add a specific call for Congress to pass the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act. This change emphasizes the Alaska Legislature's support for a national inquiry into the historical impact of Indian boarding schools, which aimed to assimilate Indigenous children by forcefully separating them from their families and cultures. This matters because it recognizes the trauma caused by these policies and highlights the need for acknowledgment and healing within affected communities.

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33-LS1019\U (LIMITED RUN SHOWING ALL ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIPS) HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.
S T A T E O F A L A S K A THE LEGISLATURE Legislative Source Resolve No.
17 IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION BY REPRESENTATIVES MCCORMICK, Himschoot, Fields, Gray, Dibert, Schrage, Hannan, Story, Baker, Armstrong, Mina, Josephson, Galvin, Cronk, Mears, Ortiz SENATORS Claman, Bishop, Stedman, Olson, Gray-Jackson, Giessel, Dunbar, Wielechowski, Kawasaki, Tobin, Kiehl, Stevens Introduced:
HJR 17 30 Urging the United States Congress to pass the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act.
1/18/24 Referred:
_______________ BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
House Special Committee on Tribal Affairs A RESOLUTION Urging the United States Congress to pass the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act.
WHEREAS a 2022 report from the United States Department of the Interior investigating Indian boarding schools found that the United States implemented policies establishing and supporting Indian boarding schools across the nation from 1819 to 1969;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
and WHEREAS there were over 100 Indian boarding schools in the state, which the United States Department of the Interior has yet to identify because of a lack of accessibility to primary source information;
WHEREAS a 2022 report from the Department of the Interior investigating Indian boarding schools found that the United States implemented policies establishing and supporting Indian boarding schools across the nation from 1819 to 1969;
and WHEREAS there were over 100 Indian boarding schools in the state, which the Department of the Interior has yet to identify because of a lack of accessibility to primary source information;
and WHEREAS the conditions experienced by attendees included manual labor and HJR017a -1- HJR 17 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1019\U discouraging or preventing American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian languages, religions, and cultural beliefs;
and WHEREAS the conditions experienced by attendees included manual labor and -1- Enrolled HJR 17 discouraging or preventing American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian languages, religions, and cultural beliefs;
and WHEREAS the Department of the Interior has identified approximately 53 different schools across the school system with marked or unmarked burial sites;
and WHEREAS the United States Department of the Interior has identified approximately different schools across the school system with marked or unmarked burial sites;
and WHEREAS the Department of the Interior has laid the groundwork to address the intergenerational trauma created by policies supporting the federal Indian boarding school system and recognizes that the existence of these schools has implications reaching beyond intergenerational trauma;
and WHEREAS the United States Department of the Interior has laid the groundwork to address the intergenerational trauma created by policies supporting the federal Indian boarding school system and recognizes that the existence of these schools has implications reaching beyond intergenerational trauma;
HJR 17 -2- HJR017a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED]
Enrolled HJR 17 -2-
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Action History

  1. (H) PERMANENTLY FILED 9/23 LEGIS RESOLVE 30

  2. (H) MANIFEST ERROR(S)

  3. (H) 9:50 A.M. 7/25/24 Transmitted to Governor

  4. (S) VERSION: HJR 17

  5. (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT

  6. (S) PASSED Y18 E1 A1

  7. (S) DUNBAR, WIELECHOWSKI, KAWASAKI, TOBIN, KIEHL, STEVENS

  8. (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CLAMAN, BISHOP, STEDMAN, OLSON, GRAY-JACKSON, GIESSEL,

  9. (S) READ THE THIRD TIME HJR 17

  10. (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC

  11. (S) READ THE SECOND TIME

  12. (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/10/2024

  13. (S) FN1: ZERO(H.TRB)

  14. (S) DP: TOBIN, BJORKMAN, GRAY-JACKSON, STEVENS, KIEHL

  15. (S) EDC RPT 5DP

  16. (S) Minutes (SEDC)

  17. (S) Moved HJR 17 Out of Committee

  18. (S) EDUCATION at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)

  19. (S) EDC

  20. (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  21. (H) VERSION: HJR 17

  22. (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)

  23. (H) COSPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, GALVIN, CRONK, MEARS, ORTIZ

  24. (H) PASSED Y36 N1 E2 A1

  25. (H) CALL FOR THE QUESTION PASSED Y36 N1 E2 A1

  26. (H) SUSTAINED RULING OF CHAIR Y35 N1 E2 A2

  27. (H) POINT RULED OUT OF ORDER

  28. (H) MOTION TO CALL FOR THE QUESTION

  29. (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HJR 17

  30. (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY, BAKER, ARMSTRONG, MINA

  31. (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/26 CALENDAR

  32. (H) READ THE SECOND TIME

  33. (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/24/2024

  34. (H) COSPONSOR(S): HANNAN

  35. (H) FN1: ZERO(H.TRB)

  36. (H) DP: CARRICK, DIBERT, VANCE, MCCORMICK

  37. (H) TRB RPT 4DP

  38. (H) Minutes (HTRB)

  39. (H) Moved HJR 17 Out of Committee

  40. (H) TRIBAL AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM DAVIS 106

  41. (H) Minutes (HTRB)

  42. (H) Heard & Held

  43. (H) TRIBAL AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM DAVIS 106

  44. (H) COSPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE

  45. (H) COSPONSOR(S): GRAY, DIBERT

  46. (H) TRB

  47. (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

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1 sponsors · 27 co-sponsors · 37 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

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Co-sponsors (27)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HJR 17?
HJR 17 is sponsored by Gary Stevens (R), Jesse Kiehl (D), Löki Tobin (D), Scott Kawasaki (D), Bill Wielechowski (D), Forrest Dunbar (D), Cathy Giessel (R), Elvi Gray-Jackson (D), Donald Olson (D), Bert Stedman (R), Bishop, Matt Claman (D), Ortiz, Donna Mears (D), Mike Cronk (R), Alyse Galvin (N), Andy Josephson (D), Genevieve Mina (D), Armstrong, Baker, Andi Story (D), Sara Hannan (D), Calvin Schrage (N), Maxine Dibert (D), Andrew Gray (D), Zack Fields (D), Rebecca Himschoot (N), and Mccormick.
What is the current status of HJR 17?
This bill died with 33rd Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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