---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing May 31 of each year as Katie John Day; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act establishing May 31 of each year as Katie John Day; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "SB 78"
citation: "Alaska SB 78 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALASKA NATIVES", "HOLIDAYS", "PROCLAMATIONS", "SUBSISTENCE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BISHOP"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9183e34-1c60-434d-a216-4ee04a489b0f"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB78"
source_hash: "3a6193b34518600f22ea07ceba6e81bf04b08bad5689aa878d979af4ac3930ff"
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 78 (31) — An Act establishing May 31 of each year as Katie John Day; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0078A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0078A)
2. **SB0078B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0078B)
3. **SB0078Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0078Z)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y17 N- E3 #801 — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N- E1 #1016 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y38 E2 #783 — **38–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y37 N1 E2 #782 — **37–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BISHOP — primary (person)
- Begich — cosponsor (person)
- Birch — 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)
- Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Shower — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)
- von Imhof — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** (S) STA
- **2019-03-29** (S) STA WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23
- **2019-04-04** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-04-04** (S) Moved SB 78 Out of Committee -- Please Note Time --
- **2019-04-04** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2019-04-05** (S) STA RPT 4DP
- **2019-04-05** (S) DP: SHOWER, KAWASAKI, COGHILL, MICCICHE
- **2019-04-05** (S) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2019-04-08** (S) COSPONSOR(S): COGHILL, KAWASAKI, STEVENS, BEGICH, STEDMAN, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2019-04-10** (S) COSPONSOR(S): OLSON, KIEHL, COSTELLO, MICCICHE, VON IMHOF, SHOWER, WIELECHOWSKI,
- **2019-04-10** (S) HUGHES, GIESSEL
- **2019-04-12** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/12/2019
- **2019-04-12** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-04-12** (S) Read the third time SB 78 `reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** (S) COSPONSOR(S): HOFFMAN, BIRCH
- **2019-04-12** (S) PASSED Y17 N- E3
- **2019-04-12** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2019-04-12** (S) VERSION: SB 78
- **2019-04-15** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** (H) TRB
- **2019-04-15** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TUCK
- **2019-04-25** (H) TRIBAL AFFAIRS at 08:00 AM CAPITOL 106
- **2019-04-25** (H) Moved HCS SB 78(TRB) Out of Committee
- **2019-04-25** (H) Minutes (HTRB)
- **2019-04-26** (H) TRB RPT HCS(TRB) NT 6DP
- **2019-04-26** (H) TECHNICAL TITLE CHANGE
- **2019-04-26** (H) DP: VANCE, ORTIZ, TALERICO, KOPP, LINCOLN, ZULKOSKY
- **2019-04-26** (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2019-04-26** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): LINCOLN, VANCE
- **2019-05-01** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-01** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** (H) TRB HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2019-05-01** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/2 CALENDAR
- **2019-05-01** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): FOSTER, HOPKINS, KOPP, RAUSCHER, TARR, DRUMMOND, SPOHNHOLZ,
- **2019-05-01** (H) ZULKOSKY
- **2019-05-02** (H) Read the third time HCS SB 78(TRB) `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** (H) PASSED Y37 N1 E2
- **2019-05-02** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y38 E2
- **2019-05-02** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): LEDOUX
- **2019-05-02** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2019-05-02** (H) VERSION: HCS SB 78(TRB)
- **2019-05-03** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ
- **2019-05-03** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N- E1
- **2019-05-03** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-05-21** (S) 12:04 P.M. 5/21/19 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-03** (S) Signed into law 5/30 CHAPTER 6 SLA 19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-03** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 5/31/19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9183e34-1c60-434d-a216-4ee04a489b0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).