S 254
ARTIST Act
Summary
Alaska’s Right To Ivory Sales and Tradition Act or the ARTIST Act This bill prohibits states from imposing bans on marine mammal products produced by Alaska Natives. Specifically, states may not prohibit the importation, sale, transfer, trade, barter, or possession of marine mammal ivory, marine mammal bone, or baleen legally produced by an Alaska Native as an authentic Alaska Native article of handicrafts and clothing.
Bill status
- Status
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- Native Americans
- Introduced
- 2025-01-24
- Latest action
- 2026-06-12: Became Public Law No: 119-99.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2026-06-12: Became Public Law No: 119-99.
- 2026-06-12: Became Public Law No: 119-99.
- 2026-06-12: Signed by President.
- 2026-06-12: Signed by President.
- 2026-06-08: Presented to President.