---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing September 11 of each year as Patriot Day; and establishing June 27 of each year as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day."
description: "An Act establishing September 11 of each year as Patriot Day; and establishing June 27 of each year as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 152"
citation: "Alaska SB 152 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MEDICAL CARE", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MILITARY", "PROCLAMATIONS", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MEYER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-11-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8718ffcc-ca9e-4c24-a7d4-85ae1c7d32cb"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB152"
source_hash: "e49a7049e137142e719a61c13027c946386ce816e20935f16e929b9a1890605a"
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 152 (30) — An Act establishing September 11 of each year as Patriot Day; and establishing June 27 of each year as Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0152A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0152A)
2. **SB0152B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0152B)
3. **SB0152Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0152Z)

## Votes

- Shall HCS SB 152(MLV) pass the House? — **40–0** (pass) · lower
- Shall SENATE BILL NO. 152 "An Act establishing September 11 of each year as Patriot Day" pass the Senate? — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MEYER — primary (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Coghill — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- MacKinnon — cosponsor (person)
- Micciche — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- von Imhof — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** STA RPT 3DP 1NR
- **2018-02-02** STA Do Pass: MEYER, WILSON, GIESSEL `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-02** STA No Recommendation: EGAN
- **2018-02-02** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Administration)
- **2018-02-07** RULES TO CALENDAR 2/7/2018
- **2018-02-07** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-02-07** Read the third time SB 152 `reading-3`
- **2018-02-07** Cosponsors added: MICCICHE, COGHILL, HUGHES, BISHOP, STEDMAN, COSTELLO, GIESSEL
- **2018-02-07** MACKINNON, HOFFMAN, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, KELLY
- **2018-02-07** PASSED Y19 N- V1 `passage`
- **2018-02-07** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2018-02-07** VERSION: SB 152
- **2018-02-09** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-09** Referred to Military & Veterans `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** CROSS SPONSOR(S): MILLETT, TILTON, GRENN, TUCK
- **2018-02-14** CROSS SPONSOR(S): SULLIVAN-LEONARD
- **2018-03-28** MLV RPT HCS(MLV) NT 6DP 1NR
- **2018-03-28** PENDING TITLE CHANGE HCR
- **2018-03-28** MLV Do Pass: RAUSCHER, SPOHNHOLZ, SADDLER, PARISH, LEDOUX, TUCK `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-28** MLV No Recommendation: REINBOLD
- **2018-03-28** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Administration)
- **2018-04-12** CROSS SPONSOR(S): GARA
- **2018-04-16** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-16** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2018-04-16** MLV HCS ADOPTED Y34 N1 A5
- **2018-04-16** AM NO 1 OFFERED
- **2018-04-16** AM NO 1 TABLED Y21 N16 A3
- **2018-04-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2018-04-16** Read the third time HCS SB 152(MLV) `reading-3`
- **2018-04-16** PASSED Y40 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** TITLE CHANGE: HCR 27
- **2018-04-16** CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, KAWASAKI, KOPP, CHENAULT
- **2018-04-16** TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED
- **2018-04-16** VERSION: HCS SB 152(MLV)
- **2018-04-17** CONCUR MESSAGE READ
- **2018-04-17** CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N-
- **2018-11-07** 2:34 PM 9/7/18 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-11-07** Signed into law 9/11 CHAPTER 105 SLA 18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-11-07** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 12/10/18

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8718ffcc-ca9e-4c24-a7d4-85ae1c7d32cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).