Legislation 2025
All legislation introduced into the Navajo Nation Council’s legislative process are required to be posted to the Council’s official website. Included here are legislation as they are introduced by Council delegates. Subsequent amendments, committee actions, public comment reports, and related updates to the legislative packets are recorded on the Council’s Diné Bibeehaz’áanii Binaaltsoos legislation tracking system online at: http://dibb.nnols.org/.
March 2025
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning March 13, 2025
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Opposing State of Utah House Bill 300, Amendments to Election Law, and Requesting the State of Utah to Consult with The Navajo Nation to Provide Alternatives for Utah Election Code Amendments for Citizens of the State of Utah Navajo Voters
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning March 12, 2025
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Concurring with the Navajo Nation President’s Acceptance of Donations Totaling $302,000 to the Dine Scholarship Annual Fund for Use by the Office of Navajo Nation Scholarship and Financial Assistance
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund Expenditure Plan Pursuant to P.L. 111-11 § 10702
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning March 11, 2025
An Action Relating to Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Appointment of Ms. Mable Franklin to the Diné Uranium Remediation Advisory Commission Representing the Western Abandoned Uranium Mines Region
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning March 09, 2025
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee; Confirming Walter Phelps to serve on the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry Board of Directors for a term of three years representing Western Agency
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting New Mexico Senate Bill 163 Titled “An Act Relating to Public Schools; Permitting Public School Student Who Are Enrolled, or Eligible for Enrollment, in Federally Recognized Indian Nations, Tribes and Pueblos to Wear Tribal Regalia at Graduation Ceremonies or Public School Events.”
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting Arizona Senate Bill 1671 Titled “An Act Amending Sections 36-2907, 36-2939 and 36-2981, Arizona Revised Statutes; Appropriating Monies; Relating to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System.”
February 2025
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning March 6, 2025
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Supporting Colorado House Bill No. 25-1204 Titled “Colorado Indian Child Welfare Act”
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning March 3, 2025
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee; Confirming the Reappointment of Belinda Eriacho, Who Possesses the Qualifications Stated in 21 N.N.C. § 9 (B) to Serve on the Navajo Nation Tribal Utility Authority Management Board of Directors
An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee; Confirming the Appointment of Everett Anthony (“Tony”) Davis, who Possesses the Qualifications Stated in 21 N.N.C § 9 (B) to Serve on the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority Management Board of Directors
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning February 27, 2025
An Action Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee; Appointing a Budget and Finance Committee Member as a Shareholder Representative to the Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company, Inc.
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning February 24, 2025
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee, Naabik’íyáti’ Committee, and the Navajo Nation Council; Annexing the Lower Highway 89 Land (13.79 Acres) into the Cameron Chapter, Navajo Nation
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning February 18, 2025
An Action Relating to Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Permanent Appointment of the Honorable Victor J. Clyde as Navajo Nation District Court Judge
An Action Relating to Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Permanent Appointment of the Honorable Malcolm Laughing as Navajo Nation District Court Judge
An Action Relating to Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Permanent Appointment of the Honorable Letitia Stover as Navajo Nation District Court Judge
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning February 13, 2025
An Act Relating to the Budget and Finance Committee, The Naabik’íyáti’ Committee, and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving the Navajo Nation’s Comprehensive Budget for Fiscal Year 2025; Waiving Resolution CJY-66-23, Section 3(C)(4); Waiving 12 N.N.C. §§820(F),820(I), 840(B), and 860
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning February 10, 2025
An Act Relating to Budget and Finance Committee, Law and Order Committee, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Amending Resolution CAP-24-21, Which Established the Navajo Nation Hashkééjí Nahat’á Béeso Bá Hooghan Fund, Specifically 12 N.N.C. § 2805(A)
An Action Relating to Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Concurring with the Navajo Nation President’s Written Comments to the United States Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture for Docket HHS-OASH-2022-0021 Regarding the Dietary Guidelines advisory Committee; Supporting the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee
January 2025
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning February 05, 2025
An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee; Reappointing Lawrence Platero to the Management Board of the Navajo Nation Hospitality Enterprise
Emergency Legislation - Not Subject to 5-Day Comment Period
Relating to and Emergency for the Navajo Nation Council; Respectfully Requesting the Governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham, to Select a Navajo Nation Citizen to Replace the Vacant Position in New Mexico’s House District 6
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 29, 2025
An Action Relating to Resources and Development Committee; Approving the Delegation of Approval Authority for Business Site Leases to the Navajo Nation Shopping Center, Inc.; and, Approving the Navajo Nation Shopping Centers, Inc. Business Site Leasing Administrative and Management Plans
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 28, 2025
An Action Relating to the Health, Education and Human Services Committee; Approving and Adopting the Navajo Nation Veterans Administration Housing Program Policy as the Eligibility Criteria for Receiving Services Under the Veterans Housing Projects Expenditure Plan
An Action Relating to Law and Order and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees and the Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Appointment of Kris O. Beecher, Esq. as the Navajo Nation Attorney General
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 27, 2025
An Action Relating to the Navajo Nation Council: Selecting and Confirming the Speaker of the 25th Navajo Nation Council
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 23, 2025
An Action Relating to the Law and Order Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee; Approving and Recommending the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget for the Judicial Branch and Related Matters, to be Included in the Navajo Nation’s FY2025 Compressive Budget
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 22, 2025
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Approving and Supporting the State of Utah House Bill 30, Utah Indian Family Preservation Act
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Approving and Adopting the Navajo Nation 2025 State of Utah Legislative Priorities