Alaska legislation · 34th Legislature
Alaska SJR10: HMONG VETERANS; CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL
Status: Passed both chambers, July 16, 2025
Encouraging the United States Congress to award Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War the Congressional Gold Medal.
What the bill says
From the introduced text:
STATEOFALASKA THE LEGISLATURE Legislative Source Res olve No. SJR 10 am H 4 Encouraging the United States Congress to award Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War the Congressional Gold Medal. _______________ BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: WHEREAS the Hmong played a crucial and often overlooked role in the Vietnam War, particularly in Laos, where the Hmong were recruited by the United States Central Intelligence Agency as part of a covert operation known as the "Secret War"; and WHEREAS this involvement had profound consequences for the Hmong people, leading to heavy casualties, mass displacement, and ongoing struggles for recognition and support; and WHEREAS the conflict in the Vietnam War was not confined to Vietnam, instead spreading to neighboring Laos, where the North Vietnamese Army used the Ho Chi Minh Trail to transport troops and supplies; and WHEREAS , beginning in 1960, to disrupt that supply chain, the United States Central Intelligence Agency recruited and trained as many as 100,000 Hmong soldiers, forming Special Guerrilla Units under the leadership of General Vang Pao; and WHEREAS , in July 1961, Brigadier General Edward G. Lansdale wrote in a memo to -1- Enrolled SJR 10 General Maxwell D. Taylor that about 9,000 Hmong soldiers were conducting guerrilla operations in adversarial-dominated territories in Laos; and WHEREAS the Hmong soldiers …
Sponsors
- William Wielechowski (D, SD-H) · primary sponsor
- Elvi Gray-Jackson (D, SD-I)
- Scott Kawasaki (D, SD-A)
- Forrest Dunbar (D, SD-J)
- Loki Tobin (D, SD-I)
- David Nelson (R, HD-018)
- Calvin Schrage (NP, HD-012)
- Alyse Galvin (I, HD-014)
- Andrew Josephson (D, HD-017)
- Ted Eischeid (D, HD-022)
- Andrew Gray (D, HD-020)
- Charles Kopp (R, HD-010)
Latest actions
- : (S) PERMANENTLY FILED 7/16 LEGIS RESOLVE 4
- : (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- : (S) 10:30 A.M. 6/20/25 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR
- : (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N- E1
- : (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- : (H) VERSION: SJR 10 AM H
- : (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED
- : (H) RECONSIDERATION NOT TAKEN UP
- : (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GRAY, KOPP, STORY, MINA
- : (H) COSTELLO NOTICE OF RECONSIDERATION
Votes
- CONCUR AM OF (H) (May 5, 2025): 19 yea, 0 nay, failed
- PASSED (April 30, 2025): 39 yea, 0 nay, passed
- PASSED (March 17, 2025): 17 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: VETERANS
Common questions
- What is SJR10?
- SJR10 is a bill in the Alaska Legislature (34th Legislature): HMONG VETERANS; CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
- What does SJR10 do?
- Encouraging the United States Congress to award Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War the Congressional Gold Medal.
- What is the status of SJR10?
- Passed both chambers as of July 16, 2025. Latest action: (S) PERMANENTLY FILED 7/16 LEGIS RESOLVE 4 (July 30, 2025).
- Who sponsored SJR10?
- William Wielechowski (D, SD-H), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SJR10?
- On the Alaska Legislature website: https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SJR 10
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