---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing March 12 of each year as Ashley Johnson-Barr Day."
description: "An Act establishing March 12 of each year as Ashley Johnson-Barr Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "SB 101"
citation: "Alaska SB 101 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOLIDAYS", "PROCLAMATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["OLSON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1090c95-7f4f-4793-a176-e717102d9ca7"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB101"
source_hash: "2ff004bc95d87e0313e1b8aeb2682d12b086bb209028b405263499471eedd832"
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 101 (31) — An Act establishing March 12 of each year as Ashley Johnson-Barr Day.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0101A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0101A)
2. **SB0101Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0101Z)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y16 N- E4 #1892 — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y37 E3 #1826 — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- OLSON — primary (person)
- Begich — cosponsor (person)
- Birch — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Coghill — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kiehl — cosponsor (person)
- Micciche — cosponsor (person)
- Shower — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- von Imhof — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-29** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** (S) STA
- **2019-03-29** (S) COSPONSOR(S): COSTELLO, BISHOP, MICCICHE, STEVENS, KAWASAKI, WIELECHOWSKI,
- **2019-03-29** (S) KIEHL, BIRCH, COGHILL, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2020-02-25** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2020-02-25** (S) Moved SB 101 Out of Committee
- **2020-02-25** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2020-02-26** (S) STA RPT 3DP
- **2020-02-26** (S) DP: COGHILL, WILSON, KAWASAKI
- **2020-02-26** (S) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2020-02-28** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 2/28/2020
- **2020-02-28** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-28** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2020-02-28** (S) Read the third time SB 101 `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** (S) COSPONSOR(S): BEGICH, HUGHES, VON IMHOF, HOFFMAN, WILSON, SHOWER
- **2020-02-28** (S) PASSED Y16 N- E4
- **2020-02-28** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** (S) VERSION: SB 101
- **2020-03-02** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** (H) STA
- **2020-03-02** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TUCK, LINCOLN, TARR
- **2020-03-03** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2020-03-03** (H) Moved SB 101 Out of Committee -- Delayed to 15 Minutes Following Session --
- **2020-03-03** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2020-03-04** (H) STA RPT 6DP
- **2020-03-04** (H) DP: VANCE, HOPKINS, SHAW, STORY, KREISS-TOMKINS, FIELDS
- **2020-03-04** (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2020-03-09** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-09** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-09** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2020-03-09** (H) Read the third time SB 101 `reading-3`
- **2020-03-09** (H) PASSED Y37 E3
- **2020-03-09** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2020-03-09** (H) VERSION: SB 101
- **2020-03-09** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TILTON, SPOHNHOLZ, KOPP, STORY, HANNAN, JOSEPHSON
- **2020-03-09** (S) 2:58 P.M. 3/9/20 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** (S) Signed into law 3/12 CHAPTER 1 SLA 20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-19** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 6/10/20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1090c95-7f4f-4793-a176-e717102d9ca7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).