---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to claims against protection and indemnity insurance policies of vessel owners."
description: "An Act relating to claims against protection and indemnity insurance policies of vessel owners."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "SB 61"
citation: "Alaska SB 61 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOATS & BOATING", "CLAIMS", "FUNDS", "INSURANCE", "LABOR", "VESSELS", "WORKERS COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEVENS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-18"
last_action: "2019-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2db0f53d-35a4-439a-8926-44c8f066ae6e"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB61"
source_hash: "80b50c473f7571c90034013530f78dd4c30bd258a2de1f7b9a6600ad79bbbca6"
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 61 (31) — An Act relating to claims against protection and indemnity insurance policies of vessel owners.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0061A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0061A)
2. **SB0061Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0061Z)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #857 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y38 E2 #937 — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STEVENS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** (S) L&C, FIN
- **2019-03-05** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2019-03-05** (S) Moved SB 61 Out of Committee
- **2019-03-05** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2019-03-06** (S) L&C RPT 5DP
- **2019-03-06** (S) DP: REINBOLD, COSTELLO, GRAY-JACKSON, BISHOP, BIRCH
- **2019-03-06** (S) FN1: (LWF)
- **2019-03-27** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-03-27** (S) Heard & Held
- **2019-03-27** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-04-01** (S) FIN RPT 4DP 3NR
- **2019-04-01** (S) DP: STEDMAN, VON IMHOF, MICCICHE, HOFFMAN
- **2019-04-01** (S) NR: SHOWER, OLSON, WILSON
- **2019-04-01** (S) FN1: (LWF)
- **2019-04-01** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-04-01** (S) Moved SB 61 Out of Committee
- **2019-04-01** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-04-15** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/17 CALENDAR
- **2019-04-17** (S) Read the third time SB 61 `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** (S) PASSED Y20 N-
- **2019-04-17** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2019-04-17** (S) VERSION: SB 61
- **2019-04-22** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-22** (H) FIN
- **2019-04-24** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS ROOM 519
- **2019-04-24** (H) Heard & Held
- **2019-04-24** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2019-04-26** (H) FIN RPT 9DP
- **2019-04-26** (H) DP: JOHNSTON, CARPENTER, TILTON, LEBON, MERRICK, JOSEPHSON, ORTIZ, WILSON,
- **2019-04-26** (H) FOSTER
- **2019-04-26** (H) FN1: (LWF)
- **2019-04-26** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS ROOM 519
- **2019-04-26** (H) Moved SB 61 Out of Committee
- **2019-04-26** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2019-05-08** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/8/2019
- **2019-05-08** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-05-08** (H) Read the third time SB 61 `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** (H) PASSED Y38 E2
- **2019-05-08** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2019-05-08** (H) VERSION: SB 61
- **2019-05-08** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): ORTIZ
- **2019-10-23** (S) 4:47 P.M. 9/6/19 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-23** (S) Signed into law 9/10 CHAPTER 25 SLA 19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-23** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 12/9/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2db0f53d-35a4-439a-8926-44c8f066ae6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).