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substantiveJun 3, 2026 · House roll call · passage · Result: Passed

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — S 254 — ARTIST Act

ARTIST Act

In plain language

  • Senate bill in the 119th Congress.
  • Prohibits states from imposing bans on marine mammal products produced by Alaska Natives.
  • House passed it on Jun 3, 2026 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

Alaska’s Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition Act or the ARTIST Act This act prohibits states from imposing bans on marine mammal products produced by Alaska Natives. Specifically, states may not prohibit the interstate commerce, 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.

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Roll-call breakdown

Yea404

Democrat: 207 · Independent: 1 · Republican: 196

Nay14

Republican: 14

Present0

Not Voting12

Democrat: 5 · Republican: 7

How each member voted (430)

Yea (404)

Nay (14)

Not Voting (12)

Party labels reflect each member’s most recent affiliation on record.