S 254 · ARTIST Act
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Introduced
- Jan 24, 2025
- Latest action
- Jun 3, 2026
- Sponsor
- Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]
- Policy area
- Native Americans
- Cosponsors
- 1
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.
Recent actions
- Oct 10, 2025 Held at the desk.
- Oct 10, 2025 Received in the House.
- Oct 8, 2025 Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Oct 8, 2025 Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7007-7009; text: CR S7008)
- Oct 8, 2025 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Oct 6, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 178.
- Oct 6, 2025 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-73.
- Oct 6, 2025 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-73.
Votes
- Passed Passed · Jun 3, 2026, 6:16 PM