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CSHB 216(STA): "An Act adding the Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Tanana, Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian languages as official languages of the state." 

00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 216(STA)                                                                    
01 "An Act adding the Inupiaq, Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax,                                   
02 Dena'ina, Deg Xinag, Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Tanana,                                            
03 Upper Tanana, Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian languages                                      
04 as official languages of the state."                                                                                    
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1. AS 44.12.310 is amended to read:                                                                      
07            Sec. 44.12.310. Official languages [LANGUAGE]. The English, Inupiaq,                                 
08       Siberian Yupik, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Alutiiq, Unangax, Dena'ina, Deg Xinag,                                
09       Holikachuk, Koyukon, Upper Kuskokwim, Gwich'in, Tanana, Upper Tanana,                                         
10       Tanacross, Hän, Ahtna, Eyak, Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian languages are                                      
11       [LANGUAGE IS] the official languages [LANGUAGE] of the State of Alaska.                                       
12    * Sec. 2. AS 44.12.310 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
13            (b)  The designation of languages other than English as official languages of                                
14       the state under (a) of this section does not require or place a duty or responsibility on                         



01       the state or a municipal government to print a document or record or conduct a                                    
02       meeting, assembly, or other government activity in any language other than English.