---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to the number of superior court judges in the third judicial district; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to the number of superior court judges in the third judicial district; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "SB 41"
citation: "Alaska SB 41 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS", "JUDGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SENATE RULES BY REQUEST"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/553da9e8-4701-4e70-a5fc-7426cf0c54e9"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB41"
source_hash: "2daba3d9912399d5a4b52d69d16593762248383acd3eae79b07a0834fe327cf4"
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 41 (31) — An Act relating to the number of superior court judges in the third judicial district; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0041A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0041A)
2. **SB0041Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0041Z)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y36 E4 #472 — **36–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #666 — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SENATE RULES BY REQUEST — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** (S) JUD, FIN
- **2019-02-11** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2019-02-11** (S) Heard & Held
- **2019-02-11** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2019-02-15** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2019-02-15** (S) Moved SB 41 Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2019-02-15** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2019-02-18** (S) JUD RPT 3DP
- **2019-02-18** (S) DP: HUGHES, REINBOLD, MICCICHE
- **2019-02-18** (S) FN1: (AJS)
- **2019-03-08** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-03-08** (S) Heard & Held
- **2019-03-08** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-03-20** (S) FIN RPT 9DP
- **2019-03-20** (S) DP: VON IMHOF, STEDMAN, MICCICHE, HOFFMAN, SHOWER, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON, WILSON,
- **2019-03-20** (S) BISHOP
- **2019-03-20** (S) FN1: (AJS)
- **2019-03-20** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-03-20** (S) Moved SB 41 Out of Committee
- **2019-03-20** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-03-28** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS ROOM 519
- **2019-03-28** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard
- **2019-03-28** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2019-03-29** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-29** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-03-29** (S) Read the third time SB 41 `reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1
- **2019-03-29** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-03-29** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2019-03-29** (S) VERSION: SB 41
- **2019-04-01** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** (H) RLS
- **2019-04-02** (H) RULES at 11:30 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-04-02** (H) Moved SB 41 Out of Committee
- **2019-04-02** (H) Minutes (HRLS)
- **2019-04-03** (H) RLS RPT 6DP 1NR
- **2019-04-03** (H) DP: STUTES, EDGMON, JOHNSTON, THOMPSON, EASTMAN, KOPP
- **2019-04-03** (H) NR: PRUITT
- **2019-04-03** (H) FN1: (AJS)
- **2019-04-05** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/5/2019
- **2019-04-05** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-05** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-04-05** (H) Read the third time SB 41 `reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** (H) PASSED Y36 E4
- **2019-04-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-04-05** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2019-04-05** (H) VERSION: SB 41
- **2019-04-30** (S) 10:55 A.M. 4/30/19 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-06** (S) Signed into law 5/6 CHAPTER 2 SLA 19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 7/1/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/553da9e8-4701-4e70-a5fc-7426cf0c54e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).