---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the statewide immunization program; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the statewide immunization program; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "SB 37"
citation: "Alaska SB 37 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ASSESSMENTS", "FUNDS", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "IMMUNIZATION", "INSURANCE", "MEDICAL CARE", "PHARMACISTS", "STATE AID"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GIESSEL"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 71
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-25"
last_action: "2019-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc0a074d-9e05-4926-83f1-068b95afc6ff"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB37"
source_hash: "9eb1619457944a11f85cc974419bb54e6ccafd487917421d715277f7d7351d36"
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 37 (31) — An Act relating to the statewide immunization program; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0037A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0037A)
2. **SB0037B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0037B)
3. **SB0037Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0037Z)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #637 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y35 N1 E4 #816 — **35–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GIESSEL — primary (person)
- Kiehl — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (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) HSS, FIN
- **2019-02-06** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-02-06** (S) Moved SB 37 Out of Committee
- **2019-02-06** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2019-02-08** (S) HSS RPT 5DP
- **2019-02-08** (S) DP: WILSON, BEGICH, COGHILL, STEVENS, GIESSEL
- **2019-02-08** (S) FN1: (DHS)
- **2019-02-13** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-02-13** (S) Heard & Held
- **2019-02-13** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-03-12** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-03-12** (S) Moved CSSB 37(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2019-03-12** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-03-13** (S) FIN RPT CS 5DP 3NR NEW TITLE
- **2019-03-13** (S) DP: VON IMHOF, MICCICHE, SHOWER, WILSON, BISHOP
- **2019-03-13** (S) NR: STEDMAN, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON
- **2019-03-13** (S) FN2: (S.FIN/DHS)
- **2019-03-13** (S) FN3: (S.FIN/FUND CAP)
- **2019-03-13** (S) FN4: (S.FIN/FUND TRANSFERS)
- **2019-03-22** (S) COSPONSOR(S): KIEHL, WILSON, STEVENS
- **2019-03-27** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-27** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** (S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2019-03-27** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-03-27** (S) Read the third time CSSB 37(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1
- **2019-03-27** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-03-27** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2019-03-27** (S) VERSION: CSSB 37(FIN)
- **2019-03-29** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** (H) HSS, FIN
- **2019-04-09** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM CAPITOL 106
- **2019-04-09** (H) -- Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2019-04-11** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM CAPITOL 106
- **2019-04-11** (H) -- Testimony <Invitation Only> -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2019-04-18** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM CAPITOL 106
- **2019-04-18** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-04-18** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2019-04-23** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM CAPITOL 106
- **2019-04-23** (H) Moved CSSB 37(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2019-04-23** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2019-04-24** (H) HSS RPT 5DP 1NR
- **2019-04-24** (H) DP: DRUMMOND, JACKSON, TARR, ZULKOSKY, SPOHNHOLZ
- **2019-04-24** (H) NR: PRUITT
- **2019-04-24** (H) FN2: (S.FIN/DHS)
- **2019-04-24** (H) FN3: (S.FIN/FUND CAP)
- **2019-04-24** (H) FN4: (S.FIN/FUND TRANSFERS)
- **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: (S.FIN/DHS)
- **2019-05-02** (H) FN3: (S.FIN/FUND CAP)
- **2019-05-02** (H) FN4: (S.FIN/FUND TRANSFERS)
- **2019-05-02** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS ROOM 519
- **2019-05-02** (H) Moved CSSB 37(FIN) 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 CSSB 37(FIN) `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: CSSB 37(FIN)
- **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 17 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/fc0a074d-9e05-4926-83f1-068b95afc6ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).