---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act naming the Scott Johnson Memorial Bridge."
description: "An Act naming the Scott Johnson Memorial Bridge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "HB 34"
citation: "Alaska HB 34 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAYS", "PLACE NAMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["TALERICO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9b5a238-bf22-4432-8bb5-e64f40302435"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=HB34"
source_hash: "074389be4630c6faf81029e7ee02e9a81bf2ea92d61ccad1dc2cd253234cc94b"
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 HB 34 (31) — An Act naming the Scott Johnson Memorial Bridge.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0034A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0034A)
2. **HB0034Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=HB0034Z)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y37 E2 A1 #392 — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #756 — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- TALERICO — primary (person)
- Eastman — cosponsor (person)
- Hopkins — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kopp — cosponsor (person)
- Rauscher — cosponsor (person)
- Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- Tilton — cosponsor (person)
- Wool — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** (H) STA, TRA
- **2019-02-28** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-02-28** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-02-28** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2019-03-07** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2019-03-07** (H) Moved HB 34 Out of Committee
- **2019-03-07** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2019-03-08** (H) STA RPT 6DP
- **2019-03-08** (H) DP: VANCE, LEDOUX, SHAW, STORY, KREISS-TOMKINS, FIELDS
- **2019-03-08** (H) FN1: ZERO(DOT)
- **2019-03-11** (H) COSPONSOR(S): SHAW
- **2019-03-21** (H) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-03-21** (H) Moved HB 34 Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2019-03-21** (H) Minutes (HTRA)
- **2019-03-22** (H) TRA RPT 7DP
- **2019-03-22** (H) DP: STORY, RASMUSSEN, DRUMMOND, CLAMAN, TALERICO, WOOL, STUTES
- **2019-03-22** (H) FN1: ZERO(DOT)
- **2019-03-25** (H) COSPONSOR(S): KOPP
- **2019-03-27** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-27** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-03-27** (H) Read the third time HB 34 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** (H) PASSED Y37 E2 A1
- **2019-03-27** (H) COSPONSOR(S): EASTMAN, WOOL, JOSEPHSON, JACKSON, TILTON, RAUSCHER, THOMPSON
- **2019-03-27** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2019-03-27** (H) VERSION: HB 34
- **2019-03-29** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** (S) TRA
- **2019-03-29** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): BISHOP, COGHILL, MICCICHE, KAWASAKI, HUGHES
- **2019-04-02** (S) TRANSPORTATION at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-04-02** (S) Moved HB 34 Out of Committee
- **2019-04-02** (S) Minutes (STRA)
- **2019-04-03** (S) TRA RPT 4DP
- **2019-04-03** (S) DP: HUGHES, SHOWER, WILSON, KIEHL
- **2019-04-03** (S) FN1: ZERO(DOT)
- **2019-04-08** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/8/2019
- **2019-04-08** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-04-08** (S) Read the third time HB 34 `reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1
- **2019-04-08** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2019-04-08** (S) VERSION: HB 34
- **2019-04-08** (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): STEDMAN, STEVENS, COSTELLO, KIEHL
- **2019-05-14** (H) 5:25 P.M. 5/13/19 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-20** (H) Signed into law 5/17 CHAPTER 3 SLA 19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/15/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9b5a238-bf22-4432-8bb5-e64f40302435`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).