Legislation 2026
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/.
January 2026
Emergency Legislation - Not Subject to 5-Day Comment Period
An Action Relating to an Emergency for the Navajo Nation Council; Requesting the United States Department of Homeland Security and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Recognize Navajo Nation Issued Tribal Identification; Requesting Specialized Training of Tribal Identification Recognition and Native American Political Status for U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers; and Directing the Navajo Nation Division of Human Resources and the Navajo Office of Vital Records and Identification to Increase Direct Vital Records Services for all Navajo Citizens Residing on the Navajo Nation and in Urban Areas
Emergency Legislation - Not Subject to 5-Day Comment Period
An Action Relating to an Emergency for the Navajo Nation Council; Responding to the United States Department of Health & Human Services Indian Health Services’ “Dear Tribal Leader” Letter Dated December 5, 2025; Providing the Navajo Nation’s Position on the Indian Health Services Realignment Plan
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 29, 2026
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development and the Budget and Finance Committees; Accepting the Internal Audit of Nageezi Chapter from the Office of the Auditor General; Approving the Proposed Corrective Action Plan of the Nageezi Chapter
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 26, 2026
An Action Relating to Law and Order Committee; Appointing a Law and Order Committee Member to Serve as a Navajo Times Shareholder Representative
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 22, 2026
An Action Relating to the Law and Order, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving the Arizona Mutual Aid Compact Between the Navajo Nation, Division of Public Safety and the State of Arizona, Department of Emergency and Military Affairs; Approving a Limited Waiver of the Sovereign Immunity of the Navajo Nation for the Mutual Aid Compact
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Confirming the Appointment of Rodney L. Tahe as Executive Director of the Office of Legislative Services
An Action Relating to the Budget and Finance and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving Ten Budget Revision Requests for the Department of Diné Education to Fund Operating Expenses; Waiving the Budget Instruction Manual Prohibition on Budget Revisions from Personnel Accounts to Non-Personnel Accounts; Waiving CJY-66-23, Sections 3(A) and 3(B)(1) and (2)
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Approving and Adopting the Navajo Nation 2026 State of Utah Legislative Priorities
An Act Relating to the Resources and Development Committee, Budget and Finance Committee, Naabik’íyáti’ Committee, and Navajo Nation Council; Authorizing Payment in Lieu of Taxes for the Painted Desert Power Solar Project and Waiving the Sales Tax (24 N.N.C. §§ 601 et seq.), Business Activity Tax (24 N.N.C. §§ 401 et seq.), and Possessory Interest Tax (24 N.N.C. §§ 201 et seq.) for the Project
An Action Relating to the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Opposing the New Mexico Public Education Department’s Martinez/Yazzie Educational Action Plan (“My Action Plan”)
An Action Relating to Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and the Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Allocating 84,000,000 from the Navajo Nation Síhasin Fund for the Navajo Nation Transportation Improvement Project; Approving and Adopting the Navajo Nation Transportation Improvement Project Expenditure Plan Pursuant to 12 N.N.C §§ 2501 – 2508
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 21, 2026
An Action Relating to the Budget and Finance and Naabik’íyáti’ Committee, and the Navajo Nation Council; Approving a Budget Revision Request for the Office of Legislative Counsel to Fund Operating Expenses; Waiving the Budget Instructions Manual Prohibition on Budget Revisions from Personnel Accounts to Non-Personnel Accounts; Waiving CJY-66-23, Sections 3(A) and 3(B)(1) and (2)
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee; Approving the Fund Management Plan for the Navajo Natural Heritage Program and the Diné Native Plants Program
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 20, 2026
An Act Relating to the Law and Order, Resources and Development, Budget and Finance, and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Retaining Navajo Nation Fiscal Recovery Fund Investment Earnings in the Revenue Replacement Reserve to Fund Delegate Region Project Plans; Amending Title 12 of the Navajo Nation Code to Enact the “Capital Development Financing Act” and Establish the “Capital Development Financing Fund”; Authorizing Limited Waivers of Sovereign Immunity for Purposes of Financing Transactions Entered into Under the Act; Amending Council Resolution CMY-28-24
An Action Relating to Naabik’íyáti’ Committee, and the Navajo Nation Council; Overriding the Navajo Nation President’s Veto of Navajo Nation Council Resolution No. CO-52-25 (Amending Title 2 of the Navajo Nation Code to Codify Virtual Attendance by Council Delegates at Standing Committee Meetings and Navajo Nation Council Sessions; Amending the Navajo Nation Council Rules of Order and Standing Committee Rules of Order to Allow for Virtual Attendance by Council Delegates)
An Action Relating to the Law and Order Committee, the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee, and the Navajo Nation; Amending Title 2 of the Navajo Nation Code to Amend the Powers and Duties of the Office of the President and Vice-President
An Action Relating to the Law and Order Committee, the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee, and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending the Rules of Order for the Navajo Nation Council
An Act relating to the Law and Order and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending Title Two Provisions Related to the Powers, Duties and Responsibilities of the Navajo Nation Council and the Navajo Nation President and Vice-President Relating to the Confirmation of all Division and Executive Directors, The Controller, The Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 19, 2026
An Action Relating to the Law and Order and Naabik’íyáti’ Committees, and the Navajo Nation Council; Amending the Power of the Navajo Nation Council to Confirm all Division Directors by Amending 2 N.N.C. § 102 (F)
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 18, 2026
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee and the Naabik’íyáti’ Committee; Amending Council Resolution CJA-01-21, and Resolution NABIAP-24-24; Extending the Deadline for the Expenditure of Síhasin Funds for Chapter Heavy Equipment Purchases
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 11, 2026
An Action Relating to the Resources and Development Committee; Supporting the Nation’s Participation in the New Mexico Department of Transportation, Transportation Project Fund (TPD) Program and Supporting acceptance of the TPF Grant Award of $1,615,000.00 for the NM371/NR 36 Intersection Improvement Project Located Near Upper Fruitland Chapter, San Juan County, New Mexico
Eligible for Committee Action Beginning January 08, 2026
An Action Relating to Naabik’íyáti’ Committee and Navajo Nation Council; Approving the 2025 Navajo Nation Council Reapportionment Plan