Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 30 (2022GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Romero, A.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/23/2022

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• provides that:
• a student who is enrolled, or is eligible to be enrolled, as a member of a tribe (qualifying student) may wear tribal regalia during a high school graduation ceremony; and
• a local education agency may not prohibit a qualifying student from wearing tribal regalia during a high school graduation ceremony; and
• defines terms.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

STUDENT TRIBAL REGALIA USE AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Angela Romero
Senate Sponsor: 
Jani Iwamoto
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill permits qualifying students to wear tribal regalia during a high school
graduation ceremony.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ provides that:
• a student who is enrolled, or is eligible to be enrolled, as a member of a tribe
(qualifying student) may wear tribal regalia during a high school graduation
ceremony; and
• a local education agency may not prohibit a qualifying student from wearing
tribal regalia during a high school graduation ceremony; and
▸ defines terms.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
ENACTS:
53G-4-412
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53G-4-412
 is enacted to read:
 53G-4-412.
Tribal regalia at high school graduation ceremonies.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Graduation attire" means attire that an LEA requires a student to wear as part of
the dress code for a graduation ceremony.
(b) "Graduation ceremony" means a high school graduation ceremony.
(c) "Qualifying student" means a student who is:
(i) enrolled as a member of a tribe; or
(ii) eligible to be enrolled as a member of a tribe.
(d) (i) "Tribal regalia" means a tribe's:
(A) traditional dress; or
(B) recognized objects of religious or cultural significance.
(ii) "Tribal regalia" includes the following items of cultural significance:
(A) tribal symbols;
(B) beads; and
(C) feathers.
(e) "Tribe" means a tribe, band, nation, or Alaskan Native village that:
(i) federal law recognizes; or
(ii) a state formally acknowledges.
(2) (a) A qualifying student may wear tribal regalia during a graduation ceremony.
(b) Wearing tribal regalia includes decorating graduation attire with tribal regalia.
(3) An LEA may not prohibit a qualifying student from wearing tribal regalia as
described in Subsection (2).
(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit an LEA's authority related to
student expression under applicable federal and state law.