The Legislature’s Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee advanced a resolution to the floor Wednesday that expresses support for an effort to put Ponca Chief Standing Bear’s likeness on the $1 Sacagawea coin.

State Sen. Bill Avery of Lincoln introduced the resolution (LR223) in January. Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood will now decide if and when to allow time for debate on the resolution.

The U.S. secretary of the treasury will be choosing Native leaders to be featured on the flip side of the coin each year starting in 2009.