ARTIST Act

Sponsored by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) · 1 active : 1 Republican

Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-99.

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Where it standsBecame law

Became law

Senate: passedOct 8, 2025
House: passedJun 3, 2026
President: Signed into lawJun 12, 2026

6 senators score as swing votes

Summary

, via Congress.gov

Summary on Congress.gov

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.

How the projections held up

Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.

House

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassPassed404 yea, 14 nayJune 3, 2026 · Roll call 193

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	BrokeBroke with party	Share
Swing	35	0	0%
Middle	243	13	5%
Entrenched	140	1	1%
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Committees and subjects

Committees

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to

Subjects

Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Historical and cultural resources
Mammals
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

35Swing 70–100
250Middle 30–70
146Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has. Where the House has voted, each member’s appears with the projection made before it.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Not applicable in the House. There is not enough similar voting history (weight 2.5 of 5.0 needed), so this input is left out of the score rather than counted as missing.

S. 723 · Mar 4, 2026 · Roll call 441On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassTribal Trust Land Homeownership Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 504 · Jan 8, 2026 · Roll call 368Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary NotwithstandingMiccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act
FailedSame policy area×0.5
S. 3857 · Dec 18, 2024 · Roll call 1231On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassJamul Indian Village Land Transfer Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 1101 · Dec 17, 2024 · Roll call 1229On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedLumbee Fairness Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 663 · Sep 18, 2023 · Roll call 393On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedNative American Child Protection Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

1 active

Show all 1 cosponsors

Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.

1
Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · Maine 2nd · Lean R+4On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
Today93Swing
Vote on passage, Jun 3, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 92 Swing (today: 93)
ContactCall 202-225-6306 Website
2
Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · Washington 3rd · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
90Swing
Vote on passage, Jun 3, 2026:YeaProjected: 90 Swing
ContactCall
3
Brian K. FitzpatrickRepublican · Pennsylvania 1st · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
89Swing
Vote on passage, Jun 3, 2026:YeaProjected: 89 Swing
ContactCall
4
Michael LawlerRepublican · New York 17th · Lean D+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
Today89Swing
Vote on passage, Jun 3, 2026:YeaProjected at the vote: 88 Swing (today: 89)
ContactCall
5
Don BaconRepublican · Nebraska 2nd · Lean D+3On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
86Swing
Vote on passage, Jun 3, 2026:YeaProjected: 86 Swing
ContactCall
5
Thomas H. KeanRepublican · New Jersey 7th · Lean EVENOn the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
86Swing
Vote on passage, Jun 3, 2026:Not votingProjected: 86 Swing
ContactCall
7
Henry CuellarDemocrat · Texas 28th · Lean R+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
86Swing
Vote on passage, Jun 3, 2026:YeaProjected: 86 Swing
ContactCall
8
Josh GottheimerDemocrat · New Jersey 5th · Lean D+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
84Swing
Vote on passage, Jun 3, 2026:YeaProjected: 84 Swing
ContactCall
9
David G. ValadaoRepublican · California 22nd · Lean R+1On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
84Swing
Vote on passage, Jun 3, 2026:YeaProjected: 84 Swing
ContactCall
10
Laura GillenDemocrat · New York 4th · Lean D+2On the ballot
Ideology gap
Scorecard gap
Cross-pressure
Similar votesNot applicableCommitteeNo committee seat
83Swing
Vote on passage, Jun 3, 2026:YeaProjected: 83 Swing
ContactCall