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2021 National Day of the Cowboy Bill Campaign

We opened the year 2020 with fifteen states having passed the National Day of the Cowboy bill and that’s still where we are today as we begin 2021. The year of Covid brought all of our work to a halt for the entire year and longer.

Our  goal remains to add at least five more states to that list before the 17th Annual National Day of the Cowboy, July 24, 2021. We need committed volunteers from each of the remaining 35 states in order to achieve the final goal of securing a permanent day of recognition for the cowboy and cowgirl in all fifty states.

Contact us if you’d like to volunteer to help us enlist a legislator to sponsor the NDOC bill in your state if it is not on the list of states that have already awarded permanent status to the NDOC bill.

If your state does not have a volunteer listed below, as we continue in the effort in 2021, and you’d like to help, or if you’d like to help a volunteer already on board, email  info@nationaldayofthecowboy.com. It is not a difficult or complicated process to enlist a senator or representative as a bill sponsor in your state legislature, and it never involves petitions or letter campaigns. We’ll send you the information you need to seek and gain passage and we’re always available to answer any questions you might have about the process. We now have thirty-six states flying the NDOC flag too, so we should have at least that many states on board with the bill. Last year all the NDOC events had to be cancelled in communities nationwide and we want to see those celebrations reinstated and continue to grow. We also love to have other countries join in celebration, so contact us if you’d like to promote the National Day of the Cowboy in a country other than the United States.

Here is the bill history as of April 25, 2019, with states listed in green that have already passed the NDOC bill, officially recognizing the 4th Saturday in July as their National Day of the Cowboy in perpetuity. Will you help us move your state into one of the next slots?

  • #1 Wyoming passed the NDOC in PERPETUITY.  Volunteer Susan Thomas – Bill sponsors Sen Jim Anderson, Rep Tom Lockhart – March 2012
  • #2 California – passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteers Brent & Janet Slutsky, Larry & Jan Brady, Vi Tara. Sponsors Senator Ted Gaines, Rep Jean Fuller – June 2012
  • #3 New Mexico –  Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Richard Beal – Sponsor Rep Brian Egolf – March 2013
  • #4 Arizona –  Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Bethany Braley – Sponsor Senator Gail Griffin – April 3, 2013
  • #5 Oklahoma – Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Ed Prewitt – Sponsor Senator Don Barrington – April 4, 2013
  • #6 Oregon – Passed in PERPETUITY. Sponsors Senator Doug Whitsett, Representative Mike McLane – May 7, 2013
  • #7 Mississippi – Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Rip Copeland. Sponsors Senators Nolan Mettetal and Videt Carmichael  – June 2013
  • #8 Kansas –  Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Sandie Masden. Sponsor Representative Ron Wilson – July 26th, 2014.
  • #9 Virginia – Passed the NDOC in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Darrell Wyatt. HJ507 Sponsor Delegate Tommy Wright – January 2015.
  • #10 Texas – Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Bernie Sargent. Sponsors Rep Joe Pickett HB584, Senator Craig Estes SB1522 – May 2015.
  • #11 Idaho – in PERPETUITY.  Volunteer Kraig Sundberg.  Sponsors Rep Steve Miller, Senator Mark Harris HCR038  –  March 18, 2016.
  • #12  Indiana – In PERPETUITY. Volunteers Jerry Betley, Rusty Lloyd III. Sponsor Senator Dennis Kruse SR22 – February 14, 2017.
  • #13 Arkansas – In PERPETUITY. Volunteers Jennifer Michaels, Marshall Mitchell,  Rep Clint Penzo, Senator L. Eads – HB1553 March 28, 2019.
  • #14 North Dakota – In PERPETUITY. Volunteers Rick Thompson (NDCHF), Bethany Braley. Sponsors Senators Wardner, Piepkorn, and Patten, Representatives Kempernich and Richter – SCR4003 – April 1, 2019.
  • #15 Montana – In Perpetuity – Volunteers Ted Valentiner, Christy Stensland (MCHF), Sean Gleason (PBR), Bethany Braley – Sponsor Senator Kenneth Bogner – SJR0010 – April 25, 2019.

    National Day of the Cowboy Campaign & Current Volunteers

    States in which a permanent NDOC bill has not yet been passed:

    • Alabama –
    • Alaska –
    • Colorado –
    • Connecticut –
    • Delaware –
    • Florida –
    • Georgia –
    • Hawaii –
    • Illinois – Gary Farral
    • Iowa –
    • Kentucky –  Volunteer Bethany Braley –
    • Louisiana –
    • Maine –
    • Maryland – Volunteer Thomas Hawk
    • Michigan –
    • Minnesota –
    • Missouri – Sponsor Rep Bennie Cook.
    • Nebraska – Volunteer Jon Thomas –
    • Nevada – Volunteers Easton Colvin, Kraig Sundberg. Sponsor Assemblyman John Ellison
    • New Hampshire –
    • New Jersey – Volunteer Francine Ganguzza.
    • New York – Volunteer Pam Morin, Bob DiMitry-
    • North Carolina –
    • Ohio –
    • Pennsylvania-
    • Rhode Island –
    • South Carolina –
    • South Dakota –
    • Tennessee – Volunteers Jim Crutchfield, Terry King, Bethany Braley – Representatives Whitson and Holt – HB713
    • Utah – Volunteer John Bascom –
    • Vermont –
    • Washington –  Volunteer Ed Hamilton. Sponsor Representative Joel Kretz 
    • West Virginia –
    • Wisconsin –
    •  
    • Canada –
    • Australia
    • Great Britain

2020 National Day of the Cowboy Campaign

We opened the year 2020 with fifteen states having passed the National Day of the Cowboy bill. On January 16th, the Missouri House Committee on Tourism heard our bill in committee. MO Representative Warren Love and NDOC Executive Director Bethany Braley both testified on behalf of the bill. Now that the NDOC is located in Missouri, it would be wonderful to see Missouri be the first state to pass it in 2020. We also have a bill sponsor in TN, Representative Holt.

Contact us if you’d like to volunteer to help us enlist a legislator to sponsor the NDOC bill in your state if it is not on the list of states that have already awarded permanent status to the NDOC bill.

Our current goal is to add at least five more states to that list before the 16th Annual National Day of the Cowboy, July 25, 2020. We need committed volunteers from each of the remaining 35 states in order to achieve the final goal of securing a permanent day of recognition for the cowboy and cowgirl in all fifty states.

If your state does not have a volunteer listed below, as we continue in the 2020 campaign, and you’d like to help, or if you’d like to help a volunteer already on board, email  info@nationaldayofthecowboy.com. It is not a difficult or complicated process to enlist a senator or representative as a bill sponsor in your state legislature, and it never involves petitions or letter campaigns. We’ll send you the information you need to seek and gain passage and we’re always available to answer any questions you might have about the process. We now have thirty-six states flying the NDOC flag too, so we should have at least that many states on board with the bill. Last year there were well over seventy NDOC events in communities nationwide and we want to see that number continue to grow. We also love to have other countries join in this celebration, so contact us if you’d like to promote the National Day of the Cowboy in a country other than the United States.

Here is the bill history as of April 25, 2019, with states listed in green that have already passed the NDOC bill, officially recognizing the 4th Saturday in July as their National Day of the Cowboy in perpetuity. Will you help us move your state into one of the next six slots?

  • #1 Wyoming passed the NDOC in PERPETUITY.  Volunteer Susan Thomas – Bill sponsors Sen Jim Anderson, Rep Tom Lockhart – March 2012
  • #2 California – passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteers Brent & Janet Slutsky, Larry & Jan Brady, Vi Tara. Sponsors Senator Ted Gaines, Rep Jean Fuller – June 2012
  • #3 New Mexico –  Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Richard Beal – Sponsor Rep Brian Egolf – March 2013
  • #4 Arizona –  Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Bethany Braley – Sponsor Senator Gail Griffin – April 3, 2013
  • #5 Oklahoma – Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Ed Prewitt – Sponsor Senator Don Barrington – April 4, 2013
  • #6 Oregon – Passed in PERPETUITY. Sponsors Senator Doug Whitsett, Representative Mike McLane – May 7, 2013
  • #7 Mississippi – Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Rip Copeland. Sponsors Senators Nolan Mettetal and Videt Carmichael  – June 2013
  • #8 Kansas –  Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Sandie Masden. Sponsor Representative Ron Wilson – July 26th, 2014.
  • #9 Virginia – Passed the NDOC in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Darrell Wyatt. HJ507 Sponsor Delegate Tommy Wright – January 2015.
  • #10 Texas – Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Bernie Sargent. Sponsors Rep Joe Pickett HB584, Senator Craig Estes SB1522 – May 2015.
  • #11 Idaho – in PERPETUITY.  Volunteer Kraig Sundberg.  Sponsors Rep Steve Miller, Senator Mark Harris HCR038  –  March 18, 2016.
  • #12  Indiana – In PERPETUITY. Volunteers Jerry Betley, Rusty Lloyd III. Sponsor Senator Dennis Kruse SR22 – February 14, 2017.
  • #13 Arkansas – In PERPETUITY. Volunteers Jennifer Michaels, Marshall Mitchell,  Rep Clint Penzo, Senator L. Eads – HB1553 March 28, 2019.
  • #14 North Dakota – In PERPETUITY. Volunteers Rick Thompson (NDCHF), Bethany Braley. Sponsors Senators Wardner, Piepkorn, and Patten, Representatives Kempernich and Richter – SCR4003 – April 1, 2019.
  • #15 Montana – In Perpetuity – Volunteers Ted Valentiner, Christy Stensland (MCHF), Sean Gleason (PBR), Bethany Braley – Sponsor Senator Kenneth Bogner – SJR0010 – April 25, 2019.

    National Day of the Cowboy Campaign & Current Volunteers

    States in which a permanent NDOC bill has not yet been passed:

    • Alabama –
    • Alaska –
    • Colorado – Volunteer Barb Richhart. Sponsor Rep Daneya Esgar
    • Connecticut –
    • Delaware –
    • Florida –
    • Georgia –
    • Hawaii –
    • Illinois – Gary Farral
    • Iowa –
    • Kentucky –  Volunteer Bethany Braley –
    • Louisiana –
    • Maine –
    • Maryland – Volunteer Thomas Hawk
    • Michigan –
    • Minnesota –
    • Missouri – Volunteer Bob DeMitry.  Sponsors Senator Sandy Crawford, Rep Warren Love – HCR61
    • Nebraska – Volunteer Jon Thomas –
    • Nevada – Volunteers Kraig Sundberg. Sponsor Assemblyman John Ellison
    • New Hampshire –
    • New Jersey – Volunteer Francine Ganguzza.
    • New York – Volunteer Pam Morin, Bob DiMitry.
    • North Carolina –
    • Ohio –
    • Pennsylvania-
    • Rhode Island –
    • South Carolina –
    • South Dakota –
    • Tennessee – Volunteers Jim Crutchfield, Terry King, Bethany Braley – Representatives Whitson and Holt – HB713
    • Utah – Volunteer John Bascom –
    • Vermont –
    • Washington –  Volunteer Ed Hamilton. Sponsor Representative Joel Kretz 
    • West Virginia –
    • Wisconsin –
    •  
    • Canada –
    • Australia
    • Great Britain

2019 National Day of the Cowboy Campaign

At 9:27 AM on March 28, 2019, the Arkansas House voted to pass the National Day of the Cowboy bill, which had already been passed by the AR senate. It now moves on to the governor for signing. Just a few days later, we received word from Rick Thompson at the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame, that on the afternoon of April 1, 2019, the North Dakota legislature also passed the National Day of the Cowboy bill. This means we are now up to fourteen  states that have passed the National Day of the Cowboy bill permanently into law. Those states are; Wyoming (#1), California (#2), New Mexico (#3), Arizona (#4), Oklahoma (#5), Oregon (#6), Mississippi (#7), Kansas(#8), Virginia (#9), Texas (#10), Idaho (#11), Indiana (#12), Arkansas (#13) and North Dakota (#14). Having this many states on board, should make it easier for us to engage the remaining states to join in passing the National Day of the Cowboy as a bill (rather than a resolution), in perpetuity.

Contact us if you’d like to volunteer to help us enlist a legislator to sponsor the NDOC bill in your state if it is not on the list of states that have already awarded permanent status to the NDOC bill. As of April 2019, we have still have committed bill sponsors in MO, TN and CO.

Our current goal is to add at least three more states to that list before the 15th Annual National Day of the Cowboy, July 27, 2019. We need committed volunteers from each of the remaining states in order to achieve the final goal of securing a permanent day of recognition for the cowboy and cowgirl in all fifty states.

If your state does not have a volunteer listed below, as we continue in the 2019 campaign, and you’d like to help, or if you’d like to help a volunteer already on board, email  info@nationaldayofthecowboy.com. It is not a difficult or complicated process to enlist a senator or representative as a bill sponsor in your state legislature, and it never involves petitions or letter campaigns. We’ll send you the information you need to seek and gain passage and we’re always available to answer any questions you might have about the process. We now have thirty-four states flying the NDOC flag too, so we should have at least that many states on board with the bill. Last year there were well over seventy NDOC events in communities nationwide and we want to see that number continue to grow. We also love to have other countries join in this celebration, so contact us if you’d like to promote the National Day of the Cowboy in a country other than the United States.

Here is the bill history as of April 10, 1019, with states listed in green that have already passed the NDOC bill, officially recognizing the 4th Saturday in July as their National Day of the Cowboy in perpetuity. Will you help us move your state into one of the next six slots?

  • #1 Wyoming passed the NDOC in PERPETUITY.  Volunteer Susan Thomas – Bill sponsors Sen Jim Anderson, Rep Tom Lockhart – March 2012
  • #2 California – passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteers Brent & Janet Slutsky, Larry & Jan Brady, Vi Tara. Sponsors Senator Ted Gaines, Rep Jean Fuller – June 2012
  • #3 New Mexico –  Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Richard Beal – Sponsor Rep Brian Egolf – March 2013
  • #4 Arizona –  Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Bethany Braley – Sponsor Senator Gail Griffin – April 3, 2013
  • #5 Oklahoma – Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Ed Prewitt – Sponsor Senator Don Barrington – April 4, 2013
  • #6 Oregon – Passed in PERPETUITY. Sponsors Senator Doug Whitsett, Representative Mike McLane – May 7, 2013
  • #7 Mississippi – Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Rip Copeland. Sponsors Senators Nolan Mettetal and Videt Carmichael  – June 2013
  • #8 Kansas –  Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Sandie Masden. Sponsor Representative Ron Wilson – July 26th, 2014.
  • #9 Virginia – Passed the NDOC in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Darrell Wyatt. HJ507 Sponsor Delegate Tommy Wright – January 2015.
  • #10 Texas – Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Bernie Sargent. Sponsors Rep Joe Pickett HB584, Senator Craig Estes SB1522 – May 2015.
  • #11 Idaho – in PERPETUITY.  Volunteer Kraig Sundberg.  Sponsors Rep Steve Miller, Senator Mark Harris HCR038  –  March 18, 2016.
  • #12  Indiana – In PERPETUITY. Volunteers Jerry Betley, Rusty Lloyd III. Sponsor Senator Dennis Kruse SR22 – February 14, 2017.
  • #13 Arkansas – In PERPETUITY. Volunteers Jennifer Michaels, Marshall Mitchell,  Rep Clint Penzo, Senator L. Eads – HB1553 March 28, 2019.
  • #14 North Dakota – In PERPETUITY. Volunteers Rick Thompson (NDCHF), Bethany Braley. Sponsors Senators Wardner, Piepkorn, and Patten, Representatives Kempernich and Richter – SCR4003 – April 1, 2019.
  • #15 Montana – In Perpetuity – Volunteers Ted Valentiner, Christy Stensland (MCHF), Bethany Braley – Sponsor Senator Kenneth Bogner – SJR0010 – April 25, 2019.
  • #16
  • #17

    National Day of the Cowboy Campaign & Current Volunteers

    States in which a permanent NDOC bill has not yet been passed:

    • Alabama –
    • Alaska –
    • Colorado – Volunteer Barb Richhart. Sponsor Rep Donald Valdez
    • Connecticut –
    • Delaware –
    • Florida –
    • Georgia –
    • Hawaii –
    • Illinois – Gary Farral
    • Iowa –
    • Kentucky –  Volunteer Bethany Braley –
    • Louisiana –
    • Maine –
    • Maryland – Volunteer Thomas Hawk
    • Michigan –
    • Minnesota –
    • Missouri – Volunteer Bob DeMitry.  Sponsors Rep Robert Ross, Rep Warren Love – HCR4
    • Nebraska – Volunteer Jon Thomas –
    • Nevada – Volunteer Cindy Longoria – Sponsor Assemblyman John Ellison 
    • New Hampshire –
    • New Jersey –
    • New York – Volunteer Pam Morin –
    • –North Carolina –
    • Ohio –
    • Pennsylvania-
    • Rhode Island –
    • South Carolina –
    • South Dakota –
    • Tennessee – Volunteers Jim Crutchfield, Terry King, Bethany Braley – Representatives Whitson and Holt – HB713
    • Utah – Volunteer John Bascom –
    • Vermont –
    • Washington –  Volunteer Bethany Braley. Sponsor Representative Joel Kretz 
    • West Virginia –
    • Wisconsin –
    •  
    • Canada –
    • Australia
    • Great Britain

2018 National Day of the Cowboy Campaign

Contact us if you’d like to volunteer us enlist a legislator to sponsor the NDOC bill in your state, if it is not on the list of states that have already awarded permanent status to the NDOC bill. We’re launching our 2018 effort now, in September 2017, with committed bill sponsors in WA and MO.

NDOC bill passage in Wyoming (#1), California (#2), New Mexico (#3), Arizona (#4), Oklahoma (#5), Oregon( #6), Mississippi (#7), Kansas(#8), Virginia (#9), Texas (#10), Idaho (#11) and Indiana (#12), should make it easier for us to engage the remaining states to join in passing the National Day of the Cowboy as a bill (rather than a resolution), in perpetuity. With twelve states awarding permanent status to the NDOC bill, our goal is to add at least five more states to that list before the 14th Annual National Day of the Cowboy, July 28, 2018. We need committed volunteers from each of the remaining states in order to achieve the final goal of a permanent day of recognition for the cowboy and cowgirl in all fifty states. .

If your state does not have a volunteer listed below, as we continue in the 2018 campaign, and you’d like to help, or if you’d like to help a volunteer already on board, email  info@nationaldayofthecowboy.com. It’s not a difficult or complicated process to enlist a senator or representative as a bill sponsor in your state legislature, and it never involves petitions or letter campaigns. We’ll send you the information you need to seek and gain passage and we’re always available to answer any questions you might have about the process. We now have thirty-four states flying the NDOC flag too, so we should have at least that many states on board with the bill. Last year there were well over seventy NDOC events in communities nationwide and we want to see that number continue to grow. We also love to have other countries join in this celebration, so contact us if you’d like to promote the National Day of the Cowboy in a country other than the United States.

Here is the bill history as of September 1, 2017, with states listed in green that have already passed the NDOC bill, officially and permanently recognizing the 4th Saturday in July as their National Day of the Cowboy. Will you help us move your state into one of the next six slots?

  • Wyoming – #1 state to pass the NDOC in PERPETUITY.  Volunteer Susan Thomas – Sen Jim Anderson, Rep Tom Lockhart – March 2012
  • California – #2 bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteers Brent & Janet Slutsky, Larry & Jan Brady, Vi Tara. Senator Ted Gaines – June 2012
  • New Mexico – #3 Passed NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Richard Beal – Rep Brian Egolf – March 2013
  • Arizona – #4 Passed NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Bethany Braley – Senator Gail Griffin – April 3, 2013
  • Oklahoma – #5 Passed NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Ed Pewitt – Senator Don Barrington April 4, 2013
  • Oregon – #6 Passed NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Senator Doug Whitsett, Representative Mike McLane May 7, 2013
  • Mississippi – #7 Passed NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Rip Copeland, Senators Nolan Mettetal and Videt Carmichael June 2013
  • Kansas – #8 Passed NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Sandie Masden, Representative Ron Wilson July 26th, 2014.
  • Virginia – #9 Passed the NDOC in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Darrell Wyatt – HJ507 Sponsor Delegate Tommy Wright January 2015.
  • Texas – #10 Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Bernie Sargent – Rep Joe Pickett HB584, Senator Craig Estes SB1522, May 2015.
  • Idaho – #11 Volunteer Kraig Sundberg – Sponsors Rep Steve Miller, Senator Mark Harris HCR038, in PERPETUITY  March 18, 2016.
  • Indiana – #12 In PERPETUITY. Volunteers Jerry Betley, Rusty Lloyd III – Senator Dennis Kruse SR22 February 14, 2017.
  • #13
  • #14
  • #15
  • #16

    National Day of the Cowboy Campaign & Current Volunteers

    States in which a permanent NDOC bill has not yet been passed:

    • Alabama –
    • Alaska –
    • Arkansas – Volunteers Jennifer Michaels, Marshall Mitchell. Rep Clint Penzo HR1020
    • Colorado – Volunteer Barb Richhart. Rep Donald Valdez
    • Connecticut –
    • Delaware –
    • Florida –
    • Georgia –
    • Hawaii –
    • Illinois – Gary Farral
    • Iowa –
    • Kentucky –  Volunteer Bethany Braley –
    • Louisiana –
    • Maine –
    • Maryland – Volunteer Thomas Hawk
    • Michigan –
    • Minnesota –
    • Missouri – Volunteer Bob DiMitry – Sponsor Rep Robert Ross, Rep Warren Love
    • Montana – Volunteers Ted Valentiner, Sherry Caldwell –
    • Nebraska – Volunteer Cathy Briley
    • Nevada – Sponsor Assemblyman John Ellison 
    • New Hampshire –
    • New Jersey –
    • New York – Volunteer Pam Morin
    • –North Carolina –
    • North Dakota – Volunteers Suzanne Henry, Rick Thompson (NDCHF) 
    • Ohio –
    • Pennsylvania-
    • Rhode Island –
    • South Carolina –
    • South Dakota –
    • Tennessee – Volunteers Jim Crutchfield, Bethany Braley – Representatives Whitson and Holt, Senator Paul Bailey. HB2218
    • Utah – Volunteer John Bascom –
    • Vermont –
    • Washington –  Volunteer Bethany Braley – Representative Joel Kretz 
    • West Virginia –
    • Wisconsin –
    •  
    • Canada –
    • Australia
    • Great Britain

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2017 National Day of the Cowboy Campaign

Contact us if you’d like to volunteer to help us enlist a legislator to sponsor the NDOC bill in your state if it is not on the list of states that have already awarded permanent status to the NDOC bill. We’re kicking off 2017 with bill sponsors on board in WA, CO, IN, MO, MD, and NV.

NDOC bill passage in Wyoming (#1), California (#2), New Mexico (#3), Arizona (#4), Oklahoma (#5), Oregon( #6), Mississippi (#7), Kansas(#8), Virginia (#9), Texas (#10), Idaho (#11) and Indiana (#12), should make it easier for us to engage the remaining states to join in passing the National Day of the Cowboy as a bill (rather than a resolution), in perpetuity. With twelve states awarding permanent status to the NDOC bill, our goal is to add at least five more states to that list before the 13th Annual National Day of the Cowboy, July 22, 2017. We need committed volunteers from each of the remaining states in order to achieve the final goal of a permanent day of recognition for the cowboy and cowgirl in all fifty states. .

If your state does not have a volunteer listed below, as we continue in the 2017 campaign, and you’d like to help, or if you’d like to help a volunteer already on board, email  info@nationaldayofthecowboy.com. It’s not a difficult or complicated process to enlist a senator or representative as a bill sponsor in your state legislature, and it never involves petitions or letter campaigns. We’ll send you the information you need to seek and gain passage and we’re always available to answer any questions you might have about the process. We now have thirty-three states flying the NDOC flag too, so we should have at least that many states on board with the bill. Last year there were well over sixty NDOC events in communities nationwide and we want to see that number continue to grow. We also love to have other countries join in this celebration, so contact us if you’d like to promote the National Day of the Cowboy in a country other than the United States.

Here is the bill history as of February 28, 2017, with states listed first that have already passed the NDOC bill, officially and permanently recognizing the 4th Saturday in July as their National Day of the Cowboy. Will you help us move your state into one of the next six slots?

  • Wyoming – #1 state to pass the NDOC in PERPETUITY.  Volunteer Susan Thomas – Sen Jim Anderson, Rep Tom Lockhart – March 2012
  • California – #2 bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteers Brent & Janet Slutsky, Larry & Jan Brady, Vi Tara. Senator Ted Gaines – June 2012
  • New Mexico – #3 Passed NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Richard Beal – Rep Brian Egolf – March 2013
  • Arizona – #4 Passed NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Bethany Braley – Senator Gail Griffin – April 3, 2013
  • Oklahoma – #5 Passed NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Ed Pewitt – Senator Don Barrington April 4, 2013
  • Oregon – #6 Passed NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Senator Doug Whitsett, Representative Mike McLane May 7, 2013
  • Mississippi – #7 Passed NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Rip Copeland, Senators Nolan Mettetal and Videt Carmichael June 2013
  • Kansas – #8 Passed NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Sandie Masden, Representative Ron Wilson July 26th, 2014.
  • Virginia – #9 Passed the NDOC in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Darrell Wyatt – HJ507 Sponsor Delegate Tommy Wright January 2015.
  • Texas – #10 Passed in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Bernie Sargent – Rep Joe Pickett HB584, Senator Craig Estes SB1522, May 2015.
  • Idaho – #11 Volunteer Kraig Sundberg – Sponsors Rep Steve Miller, Senator Mark Harris HCR038, in PERPETUITY  March 18, 2016.
  • Indiana – #12 In PERPETUITY. Volunteers Jerry Betley, Rusty Lloyd III – Senator Dennis Kruse SR22 February 14, 2017.
  • #13
  • #14
  • #15
  • #16
  • #17 

National Day of the Cowboy Campaign

States in which a permanent NDOC bill has not yet been passed:

  • Alabama –
  • Alaska –
  • Arkansas – Volunteers Jennifer Michaels, Marshall Mitchell. Rep Clint Penzo HR1020
  • Colorado – Volunteer Barb Richhart –
  • Connecticut –
  • Delaware –
  • Florida –
  • Georgia – Alton Russell
  • Hawaii –
  • Illinois – Gary Farral
  • Iowa –
  • Kentucky –  Volunteer Bethany Braley – Sponsors Rep Tom McKee, Senator Paul Hornback 
  • Louisiana –
  • Maine –
  • Maryland – Volunteer Thomas Hawk. Senator Edwards, Delegate McKay HJ0001
  • Michigan –
  • Minnesota –
  • Missouri – Volunteer Bob DiMitry – Sponsor Rep Robert Ross
  • Montana –
  • Nebraska – Volunteer Cathy Briley
  • Nevada – Volunteers Waddie Mitchell, Debbie Hoover- Sponsor Assemblyman John Ellison 
  • New Hampshire –
  • New Jersey –
  • New York – Volunteer Pam Morin
  • –North Carolina –
  • North Dakota – Volunteer Phil Baird (NDCHF) 
  • Ohio –
  • Pennsylvania-
  • Rhode Island –
  • South Carolina –
  • South Dakota –
  • Tennessee – Volunteer Bethany Braley – Representatives Sargent and Casada. Senator J. Johnson 
  • Utah –
  • Vermont –
  • Washington –  Greg Martin, Sponsor Senator Sharon Brown. 
  • West Virginia –
  • Wisconsin –
  •  
  • Canada – Geoff “Poppa Mac”
  • Australia
  • Great Britain

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2016 National Day of the Cowboy Campaign

States in which a permanent NDOC bill has not yet been passed:

  • Alabama –
  • Alaska –
  • Arkansas –
  • Colorado – Volunteer Barb Richhart – Rep J.Paul Brown, Senator John Cooke
  • Connecticut –
  • Delaware –
  • Florida –
  • Georgia – Alton Russell
  • Hawaii –
  • Illinois – Gary Farral
  • Indiana – Volunteer Jerry Betley – Sponsor Rep David Ober.
  • Iowa –
  • Kentucky –  Volunteer Bethany Braley – Sponsors Rep Tom McKee, Senator Paul Hornback 
  • Louisiana –
  • Maine –
  • Maryland – Volunteer Thomas Hawk
  • Michigan –
  • Minnesota –
  • Missouri – Volunteer Bob DiMitry
  • Montana – Volunteer Brian McCully
  • Nebraska – Volunteer Cathy Briley
  • Nevada – Volunteers Waddie Mitchell, Debbie Hoover- Sponsor Assemblyman John Ellison (No session in 2016)
  • New Hampshire –
  • New Jersey –
  • New York – Volunteer Pam Morin – Senator Elizabeth Little
  • North Carolina –
  • North Dakota – Volunteer Suzanne Henry (NDCHF) No session in 2016
  • Ohio – Bob Orth, Eddie Landry
  • Pennsylvania-
  • Rhode Island –
  • South Carolina –
  • South Dakota –
  • Tennessee – Ray Doyle, Bethany Braley – Representatives Sargent, and Casada. Senator J. Johnson 
  • Utah –
  • Vermont –
  • Washington –  Greg Martin, Sponsor Senator Sharon Brown SB5540. 
  • West Virginia –
  • Wisconsin –
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  • Canada – Geoff “Poppa Mac”
  • Australia
  • Great Britain

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2014 National Day of the Cowboy Campaign

Every year we start looking for volunteers and bill sponsors a little earlier than the previous year. The 2013 National Day of the Cowboy resolution crusade ramped up early to capitalize on the momentum gained as a result of Wyoming and California becoming the first and second states to pass the NDOC bill in perpetuity in 2012. On March 4, 2013, New Mexico became the third state to make history by awarding permanent status to the National Day of the Cowboy bill. On April 3, 2013 Arizona took the fourth slot with unanimous passage of Senator Gail Griffin’s NDOC bill by the Arizona Senate. The following day, April 4, Oklahoma announced it too had passed the NDOC bill with the support of Senator Don Barrington, giving Oklahoma the fifth slot. On May 7, 2013, Oregon became the sixth state to pass the bill in perpetuity, thanks to the sponsorship of Senator Doug Whitsett and Rep Mike McLane. On June 28th, volunteer Rip Copeland heard from his NDOC sponsor, Representative Nolan Mettetal, that the NDOC bill had passed in the Mississippi House, and thanks to Senator Videt Carmichaels, it had also passed in the Mississippi Senate, so Mississippi became the seventh state to vote the NDOC into perpetuity. In April 2014, Kansas stepped up to become the 8th state in history to award permanent status to the National Day of the Cowboy, which Governor Brownback signed into law on the National Day of the Cowboy. .

The bold action of Wyoming (#1), California (#2), New Mexico (#3), Arizona (#4), Oklahoma (#5), Oregon #6, Mississippi #7 and Kansas #8, should clear the trail for other states to join in passing the National Day of the Cowboy as a bill (rather than a resolution), in perpetuity. With eight states awarding permanent status to the NDOC bill, our goal is to add eighteen more states to that list before the 10th Annual National Day of the Cowboy July 26, 2014. We need committed volunteers in order to achieve that goal.

If your state does not have a volunteer listed below as we continue into the 2014 campaign, and you’d like to help, or if you’d like to help a volunteer already on board, email  info@nationaldayofthecowboy.com. It’s not a difficult or complicated process to enlist a senator or representative as a bill sponsor in your state legislature, and it does not involve petitions or letter campaigns. We’ll send you all of the information you need to seek and gain passage and we’re always available to answer any questions you might have about the process. We now have twenty-nine states flying the NDOC flag too, so we should have at least that many states on board with the bill as well. We’d also love to have other countries join in this celebration, so please contact us if you’d like to promote the National Day of the Cowboy in a country other than the United States.

  • Alabama –
  • Alaska –
  • Arizona – #4 state to pass the NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Senator Gail Griffin April 3, 2013
  • Arkansas –
  • California – #2 state to pass NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Senator Ted Gaines June 2012
  • Colorado – Jim Ratthel, Debbie Koop, Patty Helberg, John Pontius, Glenn Helm –
  • Connecticut – Tony Cirone
  • Delaware –
  • Florida – Tom Bass
  • Georgia – Jim Dorsett
  • Hawaii –
  • Idaho – Kerri Ellis, Kraig Sundberg, Ted Hoffman – NDOC proclamation Governor Butch Otter
  • Illinois – Gary Farral
  • Indiana – Jerry Betley
  • Iowa –
  • Kansas – #8 Ron Wilson, Sandie Masden –  Bill passed KS House and Senate – Governor Brownback signed July 26th, 2014.
  • Kentucky –  Rep Tom McKee, sponsored as a bill in perpetuity.
  • Louisiana –
  • Maine –
  • Maryland – True Rough Riders
  • Michigan –
  • Minnesota –
  • Mississippi –  #7 state to pass NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. VolunteerRip Copeland – Senator Nolan Mettetal, Senator Videt Carmichael June 28, 2013
  • Missouri – Bob DeMitry, Mike Burk –
  • Montana –
  • Nebraska – Cathy Briley
  • Nevada – Bob Fox –
  • New Hampshire –
  • New Jersey – Miles Dean
  • New Mexico – #3 state to pass NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Richard Beal. Rep Brian Egolf March 4, 2013
  • New York – Pam Morin – Senator Elizabeth Little sponsoring NDOC resolution
  • North Carolina –
  • North Dakota – Ray Morrell (NDCHF)
  • Ohio – Bob Orth, Eddie Landry
  • Oklahoma – #5 state to pass NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Ed Pewitt – Senator Don Barrington April 4, 2013
  • Oregon – #6 state to pass NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Senator Doug Whitsett, Representative Mike McLane May 7, 2013
  • Pennsylvania-
  • Rhode Island –
  • South Carolina –
  • South Dakota –
  • Tennessee – Jim Crutchfield – Representatives Sargent and Durham passed as a 1-year resolution.
  • Texas – Bernie Sargent – Reps Joe Pickett and Naomi Gonzales, Senator Donna Campbell  in perpetuity (TX convenes in 2015).
  • Utah –
  • Vermont –
  • Virginia – Darrell Wyatt – Delegate Tommy Wright – Bill sponsor.
  • Washington – Greg Martin – Senator Sharon Brown – Passed as a resolution.
  • West Virginia –
  • Wisconsin –
  • Wyoming – #1 state to pass the NDOC in PERPETUITY.  Volunteer Susan Thomas, Senator Jim Anderson, Representative Tom Lockhart March 2012
  • Canada – Judi Wilson, Bronco Bill Cameron, Tom Bishop Sr., Jan Bishop, Sally Bishopbarbed-wire-banner

    2013 National Day of the Cowboy Campaign

The 2013 National Day of the Cowboy crusade ramped up early to capitalize on the momentum gained as a result of Wyoming and California becoming the first and second states to pass the NDOC bill in perpetuity. We have a race on to see what states will be among the first ten states to make the NDOC permanent. On March 4, 2013, New Mexico became the third state to make history by awarding permanent status to the National Day of the Cowboy bill. On April 3, 2013 Arizona took the fourth slot with unanimous passage of Senator Gail Griffin’s NDOC bill by the Arizona Senate. The next day, on April 4, Oklahoma announced it too had passed the NDOC bill with the support of Senator Don Barrington, which gave Oklahoma the fifth slot. Then, on May 7, 2013, Oregon became the sixth state to pass the bill in perpetuity, thanks to the sponsorship of Senator Doug Whitsett and Rep Mike McLane. On June 28th, volunteer Rip Copeland was notified by his NDOC sponsor, Representative Nolan Mettetal, that the NDOC bill had passed in the Mississippi House, and thanks to Senator Videt Carmichaels, it had also passed in the Mississippi Senate so Mississippi became the seventh state to vote the NDOC into perpetuity. We also have a commitment from Kansas Rep Brian Weber, that they expect to pass the NDOC permanently when the Kansas legislature convenes in January 2014.

States with a 2013 resolution or proclamation, as of July 20, include Washington, Tennessee, Texas, Indiana, Kentucky, Kansas, and Idaho. We definitely need more state volunteers willing to enlist resolution sponsors in their state legislatures in 2013, with an emphasis on seeking permanent passage of our bill making the 4th Saturday in July a day to celebrate cowboy culture and pioneer heritage. The bold action of Wyoming (#1),California (#2), New Mexico (#3), Arizona (#4), Oklahoma (#5), and Oregon #6, should clear the trail for other states to join in passing the resolution in perpetuity.

If your state does not have a volunteer listed below and you’d like to help, or if you’d like to help a volunteer who is already on board, please email us at info@nationaldayofthecowboy.com. It’s not a difficult or complicated process to enlist a senator or representative as a resolution sponsor in your state legislature, and it never involves petitions or letter campaigns. We’ll send you all of the information you need to seek and gain passage. We now have twenty-nine states flying the NDOC flag too, so we should have at least that many states on board with the resolution as well. Don’t forget we’d also love to have other countries join in this celebration so please contact us if you’d like to promote it in a country other than the United States.

  • Alabama –
  • Alaska –
  • Arizona – #4 state to pass the NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Senator Gail Griffin April 3, 2013
  • Arkansas –
  • California – #2 state to pass NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Senator Ted Gaines. June 2012
  • Colorado – Jim Ratthel, Debbie Koop, Patty Helberg, John Pontius –
  • Connecticut –
  • Delaware –
  • Florida – Tom Bass
  • Georgia –
  • Hawaii –
  • Idaho – Kerri Ellis, Kraig Sundberg, Ted Hoffman  – Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter NDOC Proclamation June 28, 2013
  • Illinois – Gary Farral
  • Indiana – Jerry Betley – Governor Mike Pence – NDOC Proclamation May 2013
  • Iowa –
  • Kansas – Ron Wilson, Sandie Masden – Rep Brian Weber – Governor Sam Brownback NDOC Proclamation July 1, 2013
  • Kentucky – Jim Pinson – Rep Tom McKee – NDOC Resolution passed March 25, 2013
  • Louisiana –
  • Maine –
  • Maryland –
  • Michigan –
  • Minnesota –
  • Mississippi –  #7 state to pass NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. VolunteerRip Copeland – Senator Nolan Mettetal, Senator Videt Carmichael. June 28, 2013
  • Missouri – Mike Burk –
  • Montana –
  • Nebraska –
  • Nevada – Vi Tara, Debbie Hoover, Bob Fox –
  • New Hampshire –
  • New Jersey –
  • New Mexico – #3 state to pass NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Richard Beal. Rep Brian Egolf. March 4, 2013
  • New York – Pam Morin
  • North Carolina –
  • North Dakota – Ray Morrell (NDCHF)
  • Ohio – Bob Orth, Eddie Landry
  • Oklahoma – #5 state to pass NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Volunteer Ed Pewitt – Senator Don Barrington. April 4, 2013
  • Oregon – #6 state to pass NDOC bill in PERPETUITY. Senator Doug Whitsett, Representative Mike McLane. May 7, 2013
  • Pennsylvania-
  • Rhode Island –
  • South Carolina –
  • South Dakota – Slim McNaught
  • Tennessee – Jim Crutchfield – Reps Jeremy Durham, Glen Casada & Charles Sargent, Senator Jack Johnson NDOC Resolution April 18, 2013
  • Texas – Bernie Sargent – Representative Joe Pickett – Resolution TX House, April 17, 2013
  • Utah – Tyler Guy –
  • Vermont –
  • Virginia –
  • Washington – Greg Martin – Senator Sharon Brown NDOC Resolution April 11, 2013
  • West Virginia –
  • Wisconsin –
  • Wyoming – #1 state to pass the NDOC in PERPETUITY.  Volunteer Susan Thomas, Senator Jim Anderson, Representative Tom Lockhart. March 2012
  • Canada – Judi Wilson, Bronco Bill Cameron, Tom Bishop Sr., Jan Bishop, Sally Bishop
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2012 National Day of the Cowboy Quest

The 2012 National Day of the Cowboy effort is in full swing, but we still need state volunteers willing to enlist resolution sponsors in their state legislatures. Wouldn’t it be great if this was our last year of going to state legislatures and perhaps in 2012, Congress would make the resolution permanent at last? On March 13th, 2012, thanks to Governor Matt Mead, Senator Jim Anderson, Representative Tom Lockhart, and volunteer Susan Thomas, Wyoming became the first state in history to pass the NDOC bill in perpetuity. On June 7, 2012, California became the second state to award permanent status to the fourth Saturday in July as the National Day of the Cowboy. This vote was the result of a concerted effort by dedicated NDOC volunteers, Vi Tara, Janet Slutsky, Bob Fox, Larry Brady, Brent Slutsky, Belinda Gail, and Bob Lorbeer. The bold action of Wyoming and California should clear the trail for other states to join in passing the NDOC bill in perpetuity. Here’s a video of the California Senate presentation with California Senator Ted Gaines. https://vimeo.com/45099474

The governors of Indiana, Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, and Idaho have also signed an NDOC proclamation and the legislatures of AZ, TX, AL, and MO have also passed it in 2012.

If your state does not have a volunteer listed and you’d like to help, or if you’d like to help a volunteer who is already on board, please email us at info@nationaldayofthecowboy.com. It’s not a difficult or complicated process to enlist a senator or representative as a resolution sponsor in your state legislature and it never involves petitions or letter campaigns.

  • Alabama – Hub & Kat Hubbard – Senator Brewbaker – Passed June 26, 2012
  • Alaska –
  • Arizona – Bethany Braley – Senator Steve Pierce – Passed Feb 15, 2012
  • Arkansas –
  • California – Brent Slutsky, Belinda Gail, Vi Tara – Bill passed CA Senate March 21, 2012.
    On June 7th, California became the #2 state to proclaim the NDOC in perpetuity.
  • Colorado – Jim Ratthel, Debbie Koop, Patty Helberg, John Pontius – Proclamation Governor Hickenlooper June 11, 2012.
  • Connecticut –
  • Delaware –
  • Florida – Tom Bass
  • Georgia – Jim Dorsett in honor of Doc Stovall
  • Hawaii –
  • Idaho – Kerri Ellis, Kraig Sundberg – Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter NDOC Proclamation April 20, 2012
  • Illinois – Frank Bowman Horse Council of Illinois
  • Indiana – Jerry Betley – Governor Mitch Daniels Proclamation April 18th, 2012
  • Iowa –
  • Kansas – Ron Wilson – Governor Sam Brownback NDOC Proclamation June 15, 2012
  • Kentucky – Jim Pinson – Rep Tom McKee – NDOC Joint Resolution of Ag Committee July 21.
  • Louisiana –
  • Maine –
  • Maryland – Karl Baake
  • Michigan –
  • Minnesota – Christopher L. Watson
  • Mississippi –
  • Missouri – Mike Burk – Sponsor Rep Dave Schatz – Passed March 20, 2012
  • Montana –
  • Nebraska –
  • Nevada – Vi Tara, Debbie Hoover – Governor Sandoval Proclamation July 16, 2012
  • New Hampshire –
  • New Jersey – Miles Dean (Black Heritage Riders)
  • New Mexico – Richard Beal (Beal’s Cowboy Buckles) NM Legislature does not meet in 2012.
  • New York – Jim Navarra
  • North Carolina –
  • North Dakota –
  • Ohio – Bob Orth
  • Oklahoma – Ed Pewitt
  • Oregon – Charley Engel
  • Pennsylvania-
  • Rhode Island –
  • South Carolina –
  • South Dakota – Slim McNaught – Gov Dennis Daugaard Proclamation July 13, 2012.
  • Tennessee –
  • Texas – Bethany Braley – Senator Jeff Wentworth – Passed March 7, 2011 for two years.
  • Utah –
  • Vermont –
  • Virginia – Valerie Crowder
  • Washington – Jeremy Joe Larsen, Brenda Pense, Jim Pense
  • West Virginia –
  • Wisconsin –
  • Wyoming – Susan Thomas – We are proud to have Mrs. Thomas support the NDOC in Wyoming. Susan is the widow of the late WY U.S. Senator, Craig Thomas, the original sponsor of the Cowboy Resolution. The Wyoming NDOC  Bill passed in PERPETUITY March 13, 2012. Thank you Wyoming #1!
  •  Canada – Judi Wilson, Bronco Bill Cameron, Tom Bishop Sr., Jan Bishop, Sally Bishop

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2011 NDOC Campaign Volunteers

The following volunteers are working to achieve passage of the National Day of the Cowboy resolution in their state legislatures in 2011. We want to secure an official Cowboy Day resolution from at least 26 states in 2011. The 7th Annual National Day of the Cowboy is July 23, 2011.

If your state does not have a volunteer listed and you’d like to help, or if you’d like to help a volunteer who is already listed, please email us at info@nationaldayofthecowboy.com. It’s not a difficult or complicated process to enlist a senator or representative as a resolution sponsor in your state legislature, and it never involves petitions or letter campaigns.

  • Alabama – Stan & Susu Challiss
  • Alaska –
  • Arizona – Bethany Braley – Senator Steve Pierce – Passed unanimously in AZ Senate April 19, 2011
  • Arkansas –
  • California – Brent Slutsky, Belinda Gail, Vi Tara – Senators Fuller, Gaines, LaMalfa – Passed July 1, 2011
  • Colorado –
  • Connecticut –
  • Delaware –
  • Florida – Tom Bass, Osceola County & Florida NDOC Proclamation
  • Georgia – Doc Stovall – Proclaimed by Georgia Governor Nathan Deal
  • Hawaii –
  • Idaho- Kraig Sundberg
  • Illinois – Frank Bowman, Horsemen’s Council of Illinois -Passed in Illinois House May 31, 2011.
  • Indiana –
  • Iowa – Scott & Kim Thomas
  • Kansas – Sandie Masden (Dodge City CVB)
  • Kentucky-
  • Louisiana – Van Slaugter (Crossbar SASS #85242)
  • Maine –
  • Maryland – Karl Baake (Carol’s Western Wear)
  • Michigan –
  • Minnesota – Christopher L. Watson
  • Mississippi –
  • Missouri – Mike Burk
  • Montana – Kim & Kari Baker
  • Nebraska – NDOC Proclamation issued by Governor Heineman
  • Nevada –
  • New Hampshire –
  • New Jersey – Miles Dean (Black Heritage Riders)
  • New Mexico – Richard Beal (Beal’s Cowboy Buckles) – Rep Brian F. Egolf -Passed in New Mexico State Legislature March 2, 2011
  • New York –
  • North Carolina – Governor Perdue Day of the Cowboy proclamation
  • North Dakota –
  • Ohio – Bob Orth
  • Oklahoma –
  • Oregon – Charley Engel, Anthony Arnautov
  • Pennsylvania-
  • Rhode Island –
  • South Carolina –
  • South Dakota –
  • Tennessee –
  • Texas – Bethany Braley – Senator Jeff Wentworth, Passed for two years in Texas State Legislature March 7, 2011
  • Vermont –
  • Virginia –
  • Washington – Jeremy Joe Larsen, Brenda Pense, Jim Pense
  • West Virginia –
  • Wisconsin –
  • Wyoming –
  • Canada – Judi Wilson, Bronco Bill Cameron

Volunteer Deb Skinner obtained a National Day of the Cowboy proclamation from Governor Heineman, in Nebraska, in 2010.

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2009 State Legislature Campaign Volunteers

In 2009, we achieved passage of the National Day of the Cowboy resolution in five state legislatures. If you would like to volunteer to locate a sponsor for the National Day of the Cowboy resolution in your state legislature in 2011, email info@nationaldayofthecowboy.com and we’ll send you the information and the steps you’ll need to facilitate the process. Contrary to what you may have read elsewhere, this quest does NOT involve petitions in any way. Not one sponsor, including the first one, Wyoming’s late U.S. Senator Craig Thomas, has ever asked for a petition or for any letters from constituents. All that’s needed is a constituent willing to make the request and to provide a copy of the resolution, along with a few of the pertinent facts for the sponsor.

The following NDOC supporters and volunteers achieved passage of the National Day of the Cowboy resolution in their state legislatures in 2009.

  • Arizona – Bethany Braley – Senator Rebecca Rios – passage June 29.
  • Kansas – Sandie Masden(Dodge City CVB)- Rep Pat George – passage April 6th.
  • New York – Robert DeMitry – Senator George Masiarz – passage January 13.
  • Oklahoma – Angie Maynor (Rte66 Interpretive Center) – Rep Danny Morgan – passage in the OK House April 29.
  • Texas – Bethany Braley – Senator Jeff Wentworth – passage in the Texas Senate March 30.

WANTED – National & International Volunteers

We are seeking volunteers willing to pursue passage of a National Day of the Cowboy bill, resolution, or proclamation in U.S. states and in International communities. Email info@nationaldayofthecowboy.com Subject: Volunteer.