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S. 254119th CongressNative Americans
ARTIST Act
Sponsored by Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) · 1 active : 1 Republican
Latest action: Became Public Law No: 119-99.
Where it standsBecame law11 senators score as swing votes
Became law
- Senate: passedOct 8, 2025
- House: passedJun 3, 2026
- President: Signed into lawJun 12, 2026
Summary
, via Congress.govAlaska’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
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 52 | 0 | 0% |
| Middle | 208 | 5 | 2% |
| Entrenched | 158 | 9 | 6% |
| All |
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
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 11Swing 70–100
- 60Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
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.
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
1 activeShow 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.
