---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to a workforce enhancement program for health care professionals employed in the state; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to a workforce enhancement program for health care professionals employed in the state; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "31"
identifier: "SB 93"
citation: "Alaska SB 93 (31)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DENTISTS", "EMPLOYMENT", "GRANTS", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "LOANS", "MEDICAL CARE", "MENTAL HEALTH", "NURSES", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PHARMACISTS", "PHYSICIANS", "PSYCHOLOGISTS", "PUBLIC ASSISTANCE", "SENIOR CITIZENS", "STATE AID", "SUNSET", "UNIVERSITIES", "UNORGANIZED BOROUGH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WILSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 70
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-18"
last_action: "2019-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be32f9d3-806b-43a9-a6e2-1a772a2fbf63"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB93"
source_hash: "a876621b032541159fa6866403e8df35942bd5b9534f105bdd5c11040b3be09d"
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 93 (31) — An Act relating to a workforce enhancement program for health care professionals employed in the state; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0093A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0093A)
2. **SB0093B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0093B)
3. **SB0093C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0093C)
4. **SB0093Z** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/31?Hsid=SB0093Z)

## Votes

- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N- #992 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y39 A1 #771 — **39–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- A1 #887 — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WILSON — primary (person)
- Begich — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Giessel — cosponsor (person)
- Kiehl — cosponsor (person)
- Micciche — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-18** (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** (S) HSS, FIN
- **2019-03-18** (S) COSPONSOR(S): KIEHL, MICCICHE
- **2019-03-25** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-03-25** (S) Heard & Held
- **2019-03-25** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2019-03-27** (S) COSPONSOR(S): BEGICH
- **2019-03-29** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-03-29** (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2019-04-01** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-04-01** (S) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2019-04-01** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2019-04-03** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2019-04-03** (S) Moved CSSB 93(HSS) Out of Committee
- **2019-04-03** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2019-04-05** (S) HSS RPT CS 4DP SAME TITLE
- **2019-04-05** (S) DP: WILSON, COGHILL, BEGICH, GIESSEL
- **2019-04-05** (S) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2019-04-05** (S) FN2: (DHS)
- **2019-04-09** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-04-09** (S) Heard & Held
- **2019-04-09** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-04-10** (S) COSPONSOR(S): BISHOP, STEVENS, GIESSEL
- **2019-04-17** (S) FIN RPT CS(HSS) 4DP 2NR
- **2019-04-17** (S) DP: VON IMHOF, MICCICHE, WIELECHOWSKI, BISHOP
- **2019-04-17** (S) NR: STEDMAN, OLSON
- **2019-04-17** (S) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2019-04-17** (S) FN2: (DHS)
- **2019-04-17** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2019-04-17** (S) Moved CSSB 93(HSS) Out of Committee
- **2019-04-17** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2019-04-22** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** (S) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-22** (S) HSS CS ADOPTED UC
- **2019-04-22** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-04-22** (S) Read the third time CSSB 93(HSS) `reading-3`
- **2019-04-22** (S) PASSED Y19 N- A1
- **2019-04-22** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-04-22** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2019-04-22** (S) VERSION: CSSB 93(HSS)
- **2019-04-24** (H) Read the first time - REFERRALS `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** (H) FIN
- **2019-04-25** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS ROOM 519
- **2019-04-25** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 93(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2019-04-25** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2019-04-25** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS ROOM 519
- **2019-04-25** (H) Scheduled but Not Heard
- **2019-04-25** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2019-04-26** (H) FIN RPT HCS(FIN) 10DP
- **2019-04-26** (H) DP: JOHNSTON, CARPENTER, TILTON, LEBON, MERRICK, JOSEPHSON, SULLIVAN-LEONARD,
- **2019-04-26** (H) ORTIZ, WILSON, FOSTER
- **2019-04-26** (H) FN3: (DHS)
- **2019-04-26** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): SPOHNHOLZ, RAUSCHER
- **2019-05-01** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-01** (H) Read the second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** (H) FIN HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2019-05-01** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC
- **2019-05-01** (H) Read the third time HCS CSSB 93(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2019-05-01** (H) PASSED Y39 A1
- **2019-05-01** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-05-01** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): HOPKINS, TARR, JACKSON, JOHNSTON, KOPP, JOSEPHSON, ZULKOSKY,
- **2019-05-01** (H) LINCOLN, STUTES, STORY
- **2019-05-01** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2019-05-01** (H) VERSION: HCS CSSB 93(FIN)
- **2019-05-01** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y20 N-
- **2019-05-01** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2019-07-27** (S) 3:55 P.M. 7/22/19 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-27** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2019-10-23** (S) Signed into law 8/1 CHAPTER 15 SLA 19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-23** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be32f9d3-806b-43a9-a6e2-1a772a2fbf63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).