---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Nursing; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Nursing; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "Alaska SB 36 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "MEDICAL CARE", "NURSES", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "SUNSET"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GIESSEL"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 60
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d34220b-7064-4e9b-b0ce-977f067751b1"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB36"
source_hash: "f1327e6d4544fe73a72631703e51c09facd63de3db1e7b5055ef8ce176898c70"
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 36 (31) — An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Nursing; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0036A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0036A)
2. **SB0036Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0036Z)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y35 N1 E4 #814 — **35–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y17 N- E2 A1 #691 — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GIESSEL — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-25** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-25** (S) L&C, FIN
- **2019-02-07** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2019-02-07** (S) Moved SB 36 Out of Committee
- **2019-02-07** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2019-02-08** (S) L&C RPT 5DP
- **2019-02-08** (S) DP: REINBOLD, COSTELLO, BISHOP, BIRCH, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2019-02-08** (S) FN1: (CED)
- **2019-03-01** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-03-01** (S) Heard & Held
- **2019-03-01** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-03-13** (S) FIN RPT 6DP 2NR
- **2019-03-13** (S) DP: STEDMAN, VON IMHOF, MICCICHE, OLSON, WILSON, BISHOP
- **2019-03-13** (S) NR: SHOWER, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2019-03-13** (S) FN1: (CED)
- **2019-03-13** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-03-13** (S) Moved SB 36 Out of Committee
- **2019-03-13** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-04-01** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-04-01** (S) Read the third time SB 36 `reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** (S) PASSED Y17 N- E2 A1
- **2019-04-01** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-04-01** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2019-04-01** (S) VERSION: SB 36
- **2019-04-03** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** (H) L&C, FIN
- **2019-04-17** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-04-17** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2019-04-22** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-04-22** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-04-22** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2019-04-24** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2019-04-24** (H) Moved SB 36 Out of Committee
- **2019-04-24** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2019-04-26** (H) L&C RPT 6DP
- **2019-04-26** (H) DP: HANNAN, STUTES, TALERICO, FIELDS, LEDOUX, WOOL
- **2019-04-26** (H) FN1: (CED)
- **2019-04-30** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS ROOM 519
- **2019-04-30** (H) Heard & Held -- Recessed to 6:00 pm --
- **2019-04-30** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2019-05-02** (H) FIN RPT 7DP 4NR
- **2019-05-02** (H) DP: JOHNSTON, LEBON, KNOPP, JOSEPHSON, ORTIZ, WILSON, FOSTER
- **2019-05-02** (H) NR: CARPENTER, TILTON, MERRICK, SULLIVAN-LEONARD
- **2019-05-02** (H) FN2: (CED)
- **2019-05-02** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS ROOM 519
- **2019-05-02** (H) Moved SB 36 Out of Committee
- **2019-05-02** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2019-05-06** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/6/2019
- **2019-05-06** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-05-06** (H) Read the third time SB 36 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-06** (H) PASSED Y35 N1 E4
- **2019-05-06** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-05-06** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2019-05-06** (H) VERSION: SB 36
- **2019-10-23** (S) 9:51 A.M. 8/6/19 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-23** (S) Signed into law 8/8 CHAPTER 16 SLA 19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-23** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 8/9/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d34220b-7064-4e9b-b0ce-977f067751b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).