---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to instruction in a language other than English; and establishing limited language immersion teacher certificates."
description: "An Act relating to instruction in a language other than English; and establishing limited language immersion teacher certificates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "Alaska HB 19 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EMPLOYMENT", "LICENSING", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCHOOLS", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KREISS-TOMKINS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 95
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8408c82f-32a5-4c8b-8ba7-d664d291a77f"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=HB19"
source_hash: "66cf24bc0f8b06b0843807b4c406847536454822c272fd7e309cc30ccea96241"
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 HB 19 (32) — An Act relating to instruction in a language other than English; and establishing limited language immersion teacher certificates.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSHB 19(EDC)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0019B)
2. **Enrolled HB 19** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0019Z)
3. **HB 19** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=HB0019A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y18 N- E1 A1 #2897 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y37 E2 A1 #1073 — **37–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KREISS-TOMKINS — primary (person)
- Drummond — cosponsor (person)
- Fields — cosponsor (person)
- Foster — cosponsor (person)
- Patkotak — cosponsor (person)
- Story — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Zulkosky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** (H) Prefile released 1/8/21 `filing`
- **2021-02-18** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** (H) EDC, L&C
- **2021-04-09** (H) COSPONSOR(S): DRUMMOND
- **2021-04-09** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2021-04-09** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-09** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2021-04-12** (H) FIN REPLACES L&C REFERRAL
- **2021-04-12** (H) COSPONSOR(S): ZULKOSKY
- **2021-04-12** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2021-04-12** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-12** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2021-04-14** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2021-04-14** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2021-04-14** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2021-04-16** (H) EDUCATION at 08:00 AM DAVIS 106
- **2021-04-16** (H) Moved CSHB 19(EDC) Out of Committee
- **2021-04-16** (H) Minutes (HEDC)
- **2021-04-19** (H) EDC RPT CS(EDC) 5DP 2NR
- **2021-04-19** (H) DP: ZULKOSKY, CRONK, PRAX, STORY, DRUMMOND
- **2021-04-19** (H) NR: HOPKINS, GILLHAM
- **2021-04-19** (H) FN1: (EED)
- **2021-05-03** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2021-05-03** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-05-03** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2021-05-06** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2021-05-06** (H) Moved CSHB 19(EDC) Out of Committee
- **2021-05-06** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2021-05-07** (H) FIN RPT CS(EDC) 5DP 4NR
- **2021-05-07** (H) DP: EDGMON, LEBON, CARPENTER, THOMPSON, MERRICK
- **2021-05-07** (H) NR: RASMUSSEN, JOSEPHSON, WOOL, ORTIZ
- **2021-05-07** (H) FN1: (EED)
- **2021-05-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/14/2021
- **2021-05-14** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** (H) EDC CS ADOPTED UC
- **2021-05-14** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 19(EDC) `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** (H) PASSED Y37 E2 A1 `passage`
- **2021-05-14** (H) COSPONSOR(S): STORY, TARR, PATKOTAK
- **2021-05-14** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) `passage`
- **2021-05-14** (H) VERSION: CSHB 19(EDC)
- **2021-05-17** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** (S) EDC, L&C, FIN
- **2022-01-21** (S) EDUCATION at 09:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-01-21** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-01-21** (S) Minutes (SEDC)
- **2022-01-26** (S) EDC RPT 5DP
- **2022-01-26** (S) DP: HOLLAND, HUGHES, STEVENS, MICCICHE, BEGICH
- **2022-01-26** (S) FN2: (EED)
- **2022-01-26** (S) EDUCATION at 09:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-01-26** (S) Moved CSHB 19(EDC) Out of Committee
- **2022-01-26** (S) Minutes (SEDC)
- **2022-01-31** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-01-31** (S) Scheduled but Not Heard
- **2022-01-31** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2022-02-02** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-02-02** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-02-02** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2022-03-21** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-03-21** (S) Moved CSHB 19(EDC) Out of Committee
- **2022-03-21** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2022-03-23** (S) L&C RPT 4DP
- **2022-03-23** (S) DP: COSTELLO, GRAY-JACKSON, STEVENS, MICCICHE
- **2022-03-23** (S) FN2: (EED)
- **2022-04-21** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-04-21** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-04-21** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-05-14** (S) FINANCE at 10:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-14** (S) Scheduled but Not Heard
- **2022-05-14** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-05-15** (S) FINANCE at 11:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-15** (S) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- Delayed to 1:00 p.m. --
- **2022-05-15** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-05-17** (S) FIN RPT 3NR 4DP
- **2022-05-17** (S) NR: STEDMAN, HOFFMAN, WILSON
- **2022-05-17** (S) DP: BISHOP, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON, VON IMHOF
- **2022-05-17** (S) FN2: (EED)
- **2022-05-17** (S) RULES TO FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR 5/17/2022
- **2022-05-17** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-17** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSHB 19(EDC) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (S) PASSED Y18 N- E1 A1 `passage`
- **2022-05-17** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-17** (S) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-05-17** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-05-17** (S) Moved CSHB 19(EDC) Out of Committee
- **2022-05-18** (S) RETURN TO (H), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2022-05-18** (S) VERSION: CSHB 19(EDC)
- **2022-05-18** (H) COSPONSOR(S): FOSTER
- **2022-10-05** (H) 10:20 A.M. 8/24/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (H) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 9/12 CHAPTER 73 SLA 22 `became-law`
- **2022-10-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 12/15/22 `became-law`
- **2022-10-05** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/10/22
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 281
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN2: (EED)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8408c82f-32a5-4c8b-8ba7-d664d291a77f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).