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AZ SCM1014

CM

Status

Engrossed

3/20/2018

Primary Sponsor

Jamescita Peshlakai

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-third Legislature - Second Regular Session (2018)

AI Summary

  • Designates the portions of State Highway 264 falling under Navajo jurisdiction as the "Navajo Code Talker Highway" and portions under Hopi jurisdiction as the "Hopi Code Talker Highway"

  • Recognizes the contributions of Navajo Code Talkers who developed an unbreakable military code during World War II using their native language, enabling rapid encrypted communication that machines could not match

  • Honors eleven Hopi men who developed a code language assisting United States Army intelligence in the Pacific Theater during World War II

  • Directs the Arizona Department of Transportation to approve, place and maintain appropriate signage identifying the Navajo and Hopi Code Talker Highways

  • Requires the Secretary of State to transmit copies of the memorial to the Arizona Department of Transportation Director, the Navajo Nation President, and the Hopi Tribe Chairman

Legislative Description

Navajo; Hopi; code talker highways

Navajo Nation

Last Action

Assigned to House RULES Committee

5/3/2018

Full Bill Text

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