---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to powers of the Alaska Police Standards Council; and relating to background checks for admission to police training programs and certification as a police officer."
description: "An Act relating to powers of the Alaska Police Standards Council; and relating to background checks for admission to police training programs and certification as a police officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 148"
citation: "Alaska SB 148 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "CORRECTIONS", "CRIMES", "CRIMINAL PROCEDURE", "EDUCATION", "EMPLOYMENT", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PUBLIC SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6e0db3e-0d38-4a60-8c15-e50305cc848a"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB148"
source_hash: "714b13d3daaf58eccba3f2bd9c018eddc4aa094f22de76a0c717060e04e73a0d"
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 148 (30) — An Act relating to powers of the Alaska Police Standards Council; and relating to background checks for admission to police training programs and certification as a police officer.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB0148A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0148A)
2. **SB0148Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0148Z)

## Votes

- Shall Amendment No. 1 be adopted? — **1–39** (fail) · lower
- Shall SENATE BILL NO. 148 "An Act relating to powers of the Alaska Police Standards Council; and relating to background checks for admission to police training programs and certification as a police officer" pass the Senate? — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall SB 148 pass the House? — **38–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-18** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** Referred to State Affairs and Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Corrections)
- **2018-01-18** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-01-18** GOVERNOR'S TRANSMITTAL LETTER
- **2018-02-09** STA RPT 3DP 2NR
- **2018-02-09** STA Do Pass: MEYER, GIESSEL, EGAN `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-09** STA No Recommendation: WILSON, COGHILL
- **2018-02-09** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Corrections)
- **2018-02-09** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-03-05** JUD RPT 1DP 3NR
- **2018-03-05** JUD Do Pass: COGHILL `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** JUD No Recommendation: WIELECHOWSKI, COSTELLO, KELLY
- **2018-03-05** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Corrections)
- **2018-03-05** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-03-14** RULES TO CALENDAR 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-03-14** Read the third time SB 148 `reading-3`
- **2018-03-14** PASSED Y18 N- E2 `passage`
- **2018-03-14** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2018-03-14** VERSION: SB 148
- **2018-03-15** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** Referred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** JUD RPT 3DP 2NR
- **2018-03-29** JUD Do Pass: KOPP, KREISS-TOMKINS, CLAMAN `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-29** JUD No Recommendation: EASTMAN, LEDOUX
- **2018-03-29** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Corrections)
- **2018-03-29** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Public Safety)
- **2018-04-13** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/13/2018
- **2018-04-13** MOVED TO BOTTOM OF CALENDAR
- **2018-04-13** HELD TO 4/14 CALENDAR
- **2018-04-14** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-14** AM NO 1 FAILED Y1 N39
- **2018-04-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-14** Read the third time SB 148 `reading-3`
- **2018-04-14** PASSED Y38 N2 `passage`
- **2018-04-14** RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2018-04-14** VERSION: SB 148
- **2018-06-27** 12:54 PM 6/13/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-06-27** MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2018-06-27** Signed into law 6/21 CHAPTER 35 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-27** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/19/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6e0db3e-0d38-4a60-8c15-e50305cc848a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).