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+type: "Bill"
+title: "An Act relating to the definition of 'political party'; and providing for an effective date."
+description: "An Act relating to the definition of 'political party'; and providing for an effective date."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
+legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
+session: "32"
+identifier: "SB 161"
+citation: "Alaska SB 161 (32)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CAMPAIGNS", "ELECTIONS", "POLITICAL PARTIES", "VOTING"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["WIELECHOWSKI"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 67
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-18"
+last_action: "2022-10-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c25ed0a4-691e-4dd8-9832-05baa8ec51ab"
+source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=SB161"
+source_hash: "2ffa176ce93eece83b5fa32941126d987ea3dc5118aa0b337316c26e49dc187c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ak"]
+---
+
+# Alaska SB 161 (32) — An Act relating to the definition of 'political party'; and providing for an effective date.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CSSB 161(JUD)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0161B)
+2. **Enrolled SB 161** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0161Z)
+3. **HCS CSSB 161(STA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0161C)
+4. **SB 161** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0161A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (S) PASSED Y14 N- E4 A2 #2125 — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- (H) PASSED Y37 N2 E1 #3009 — **37–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- WIELECHOWSKI — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-18** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
+- **2022-01-18** (S) STA, JUD
+- **2022-02-17** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
+- **2022-02-17** (S) Heard & Held
+- **2022-02-17** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
+- **2022-03-01** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
+- **2022-03-01** (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
+- **2022-03-03** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
+- **2022-03-03** (S) Moved SB 161 Out of Committee
+- **2022-03-03** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
+- **2022-03-04** (S) STA RPT 4NR 1DP
+- **2022-03-04** (S) NR: SHOWER, COSTELLO, REINBOLD, HOLLAND
+- **2022-03-04** (S) DP: KAWASAKI
+- **2022-03-04** (S) FN1: ZERO(GOV)
+- **2022-03-14** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
+- **2022-03-14** (S) Heard & Held
+- **2022-03-14** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
+- **2022-03-16** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
+- **2022-03-16** (S) Moved CSSB 161(JUD) Out of Committee
+- **2022-03-16** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
+- **2022-03-18** (S) JUD RPT CS 1AM 3DP SAME TITLE
+- **2022-03-18** (S) AM: HOLLAND
+- **2022-03-18** (S) DP: MYERS, HUGHES, KIEHL
+- **2022-03-18** (S) FN1: ZERO(GOV)
+- **2022-03-23** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/23/2022
+- **2022-03-23** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-23** (S) JUD CS ADOPTED UC
+- **2022-03-23** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/25 CAL `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-25** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 161(JUD) `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-25** (S) PASSED Y14 N- E4 A2 `passage`
+- **2022-03-25** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
+- **2022-03-25** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
+- **2022-03-25** (S) VERSION: CSSB 161(JUD)
+- **2022-04-04** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
+- **2022-04-04** (H) STA, JUD
+- **2022-04-05** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
+- **2022-04-05** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
+- **2022-04-09** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 10:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
+- **2022-04-09** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 10 Minutes Following Session --
+- **2022-04-09** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
+- **2022-04-21** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
+- **2022-04-21** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 161(STA) Out of Committee
+- **2022-04-21** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
+- **2022-04-25** (H) STA RPT HCS(STA) 4DP 1NR
+- **2022-04-25** (H) DP: TARR, CLAMAN, STORY, KREISS-TOMKINS
+- **2022-04-25** (H) NR: EASTMAN
+- **2022-04-25** (H) FN1: ZERO(GOV)
+- **2022-04-27** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
+- **2022-04-27** (H) Heard & Held
+- **2022-05-04** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
+- **2022-05-04** (H) Moved CSSB 161(JUD) Out of Committee -- Recessed to 5/6/22 at 10:30 am --
+- **2022-05-05** (H) JUD RPT 2DP 3NR
+- **2022-05-05** (H) DP: DRUMMOND, CLAMAN
+- **2022-05-05** (H) NR: EASTMAN, VANCE, KURKA
+- **2022-05-05** (H) FN1: ZERO(GOV)
+- **2022-05-16** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/16/2022
+- **2022-05-16** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
+- **2022-05-16** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/17 CALENDAR `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-16** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TARR
+- **2022-05-17** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 161(JUD) `reading-3`
+- **2022-05-17** (H) PASSED Y37 N2 E1 `passage`
+- **2022-05-17** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
+- **2022-05-17** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
+- **2022-05-17** (H) VERSION: CSSB 161(JUD)
+- **2022-10-05** (S) 11:08 A.M. 8/22/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-10-05** (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 9/12 CH 72 SLA 22 `became-law`
+- **2022-10-05** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 1/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c25ed0a4-691e-4dd8-9832-05baa8ec51ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).
+