Legislature(2019 - 2020)DAVIS 106
03/12/2020 08:00 AM House TRIBAL AFFAIRS
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ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE
HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TRIBAL AFFAIRS
March 12, 2020
9:01 a.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Tiffany Zulkosky, Chair
Representative John Lincoln
Representative Chuck Kopp
Representative Sarah Vance
Representative Dave Talerico
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative Bryce Edgmon, Vice Chair
Representative Dan Ortiz
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 29
Commemorating the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945.
- HEARD & HELD
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION
BILL: HJR 29
SHORT TITLE: ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT OF 1945
SPONSOR(s): REPRESENTATIVE(s) KREISS-TOMKINS
02/24/20 (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS
02/24/20 (H) TRB
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WITNESS REGISTER
JOSIAH NASH, Intern
Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tompkins
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: Presented HR 29 on behalf of Representative
Kreiss-Tompkins, prime sponsor.
JONATHAN KREISS-TOMPKINS
Alaska State Legislature
Juneau, Alaska
POSITION STATEMENT: As prime sponsor, presented HJR 29.
ACTION NARRATIVE
9:01:28 AM
CHAIR TIFFANY ZULKOSKY called the House Special Committee on
Tribal Affairs meeting to order at 9:01 a.m. Representatives
Lincoln, Kopp, Vance, and Zulkosky were present at the call to
order. Representative Talerico arrived as the meeting was in
progress.
HJR 29-ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT OF 1945
9:02:06 AM
CHAIR ZULKOSKY announced that the only order of business would
be HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 29, Commemorating the Anti-
Discrimination Act of 1945.
9:02:47 AM
JOSIAH NASH, Intern, Representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tompkins,
Alaska State Legislature, presented HJR 29 on behalf of
Representative Kreiss-Tompkins. He said HJR 29 would
commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Anti-
Discrimination Act of 1945 [on February 16, 2020]. In 1945,
Alaska Natives faced systemic discrimination. If they went into
public establishments, they would see signs reading "No
Natives," Mr. Nash informed the committee. He stated that
Elizabeth Peratrovich, the Alaska Native Sisterhood (ANS), and
the Alaska Native Brotherhood (ANB) worked to get the Anti-
Discrimination Act, the first of its kind based on race, passed
in 1945. The Act laid groundwork for similar race-based anti-
discrimination legislation in the U.S.
9:04:10 AM
JONATHAN KREISS-TOMPKINS, Alaska State Legislature, as prime
sponsor of HJR 29, informed the committee that Elizabeth
Peratrovich's descendants are still living in communities in his
district, and she is as much an icon in Southeast Alaska as she
is statewide. The ANS and ANB suggested HJR 29 to
Representative Kreiss-Tompkins, he said.
9:05:08 AM
REPRESENTATIVE KOPP asked how long it took to get the Anti-
Discrimination Act of 1945 passed.
9:05:31 AM
REPRESENTATIVE KREISS-TOMPKINS replied from very early in the
twentieth century William L. Paul, Sr., and others in the Civil
Rights movement were agitating for anti-discrimination
legislation.
9:06:27 AM
REPRESENTATIVE KOPP asked whether a copy of the Act was
available.
9:06:34 AM
REPRESENTATIVE KREISS-TOMPKINS indicated it would be provided.
[HJR 29 was held over.]
9:08:28 AM
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business before the committee, the House
Special Committee on Tribal Affairs meeting was adjourned at
9:08 a.m.
| Document Name | Date/Time | Subjects |
|---|---|---|
| HJR 29 Sponsor Statement March 10 2020.pdf |
HTRB 3/12/2020 8:00:00 AM |
HJR 29 |
| HJR029A.pdf |
HTRB 3/12/2020 8:00:00 AM |
HJR 29 |