---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the general grant land entitlement for the Petersburg Borough; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the general grant land entitlement for the Petersburg Borough; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "30"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Alaska SB 28 (30)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["GRANTS", "LAND", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PUBLIC LAND", "RESOURCES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEDMAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-11-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b008694e-36ab-4c14-994a-f9bfbc1272fc"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/30?Root=SB28"
source_hash: "2306005e6773a4081de628fbddbae3f43171e2836e809c23e6a2a240c4fe7994"
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 28 (30) — An Act relating to the general grant land entitlement for the Petersburg Borough; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0028A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0028A)
2. **SB0028Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/30?hsid=SB0028Z)

## Votes

- Shall SENATE BILL NO. 28 "An Act relating to the general grant land entitlement for the Petersburg Borough; and providing for an effective date" pass the Senate? — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Shall SB 28 pass the House? — **39–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STEDMAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** Referred to Community & Regional Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** CRA RPT 3DP 1NR
- **2017-02-08** CRA Do Pass: BISHOP, GARDNER, STEDMAN `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** CRA No Recommendation: MACKINNON
- **2017-02-08** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-02-08** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Natural Resources)
- **2017-03-20** RES REFERRAL ADDED AFTER CRA
- **2017-04-10** RES RPT 4DP 2NR
- **2017-04-10** RES Do Pass: GIESSEL, HUGHES, COGHILL, STEDMAN `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-10** RES No Recommendation: WIELECHOWSKI, MEYER
- **2017-04-10** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-04-10** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Natural Resources)
- **2017-04-10** RULES TO CALENDAR 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-04-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2017-04-10** Read the third time SB 28 `reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2017-04-10** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-04-10** TRANSMITTED TO (H)
- **2017-04-10** VERSION: SB 28
- **2017-04-11** Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-11** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** CROSS SPONSOR(S): KITO
- **2017-05-13** FIN RPT 4DP 7NR
- **2017-05-13** FIN Do Pass: ORTIZ, GARA, SEATON, FOSTER `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-13** FIN No Recommendation: KAWASAKI, NEUMAN, GUTTENBERG, PRUITT, GRENN, TILTON, WILSON
- **2017-05-13** Fiscal Note 1: No fiscal impact (Commerce, Community & Economic Development)
- **2017-05-13** Fiscal Note 2: No fiscal impact (Natural Resources)
- **2017-05-16** RULES TO CALENDAR 5/16/2017
- **2017-05-16** Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/17 CALENDAR
- **2017-05-17** Read the third time SB 28 `reading-3`
- **2017-05-17** PASSED Y39 E1 `passage`
- **2017-05-17** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2017-05-17** RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2017-05-17** VERSION: SB 28
- **2017-11-14** 1:40 PM 11/13/17 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-18** Signed into law 11/16 CHAPTER 26 SLA 17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-11-18** EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/17/17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b008694e-36ab-4c14-994a-f9bfbc1272fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).