---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to temporary courtesy licenses for military spouses; and relating to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development."
description: "An Act relating to temporary courtesy licenses for military spouses; and relating to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "Alaska SB 12 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES", "LICENSING", "MARRIAGE", "MILITARY", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PUBLICATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAWASAKI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 68
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/727b01d1-fdf7-4a5a-a725-c03baed995c0"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=SB12"
source_hash: "33d3b908152b921672eda251d9b33281ab7c554cba85274be955c7256a7b7cf4"
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 12 (32) — An Act relating to temporary courtesy licenses for military spouses; and relating to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled SB 12** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0012Z)
2. **SB 12** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0012A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y37 N1 A2 #1198 — **37–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2 #942 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) LIMIT ALL DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y23 N16 E1 #1189 — **23–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KAWASAKI — primary (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Micciche — cosponsor (person)
- Reinbold — cosponsor (person)
- Revak — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** (S) Prefile released 1/8/21 `filing`
- **2021-01-22** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** (S) STA, L&C
- **2021-03-04** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-03-04** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-03-04** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2021-03-11** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-03-11** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-03-11** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2021-04-22** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-04-22** (S) Moved SB 12 Out of Committee
- **2021-04-22** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2021-04-23** (S) STA RPT 3DP 1NR
- **2021-04-23** (S) DP: SHOWER, KAWASAKI, COSTELLO
- **2021-04-23** (S) NR: HOLLAND
- **2021-04-23** (S) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2021-04-26** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-04-26** (S) Moved SB 12 Out of Committee
- **2021-04-26** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2021-04-28** (S) L&C RPT 3DP
- **2021-04-28** (S) DP: COSTELLO, REVAK, GRAY-JACKSON
- **2021-04-28** (S) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2021-05-03** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-03** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 12 `reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** (S) COSPONSOR(S): COSTELLO, REVAK, HOLLAND, STEVENS, GRAY-JACKSON, WIELECHOWSKI,
- **2021-05-03** (S) HUGHES, REINBOLD, STEDMAN, BISHOP, MICCICHE
- **2021-05-03** (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2021-05-03** (S) VERSION: SB 12
- **2021-05-04** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-05-04** (H) STA, L&C
- **2021-05-04** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TUCK
- **2021-05-06** (H) MLV REPLACES STA REFERRAL
- **2021-05-11** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-05-11** (H) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2021-05-12** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2021-05-12** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled>
- **2021-05-12** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2021-05-13** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-05-13** (H) Moved SB 12 Out of Committee -- Delayed to 3:00 pm --
- **2021-05-13** (H) Minutes (HMLV)
- **2021-05-14** (H) MLV RPT 6DP
- **2021-05-14** (H) DP: NELSON, STORY, RAUSCHER, SHAW, TARR, TUCK
- **2021-05-14** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2021-05-14** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 08:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-05-14** (H) Moved SB 12 Out of Committee -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2021-05-14** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2021-05-15** (H) L&C RPT 6DP
- **2021-05-15** (H) DP: KAUFMAN, SCHRAGE, MCCARTY, SNYDER, FIELDS, SPOHNHOLZ
- **2021-05-15** (H) FN1: ZERO(CED)
- **2021-05-17** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2021-05-17** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- Delayed to 10 Minutes Following Session --
- **2021-05-17** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2021-05-19** (H) LIMIT ALL DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y23 N16 E1
- **2021-05-19** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/19/2021
- **2021-05-19** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 12 `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** (H) PASSED Y37 N1 A2 `passage`
- **2021-05-19** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2021-05-19** (H) VERSION: SB 12
- **2021-05-19** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): STORY, JOHNSON, HOPKINS, SCHRAGE, TARR, SPOHNHOLZ, RAUSCHER,
- **2021-05-19** (H) JOSEPHSON, NELSON
- **2021-08-30** (S) 2:58 P.M. 8/27/21 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-09-14** (S) Signed into law 9/14 CHAPTER 34 SLA 21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-14** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 12/13/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/727b01d1-fdf7-4a5a-a725-c03baed995c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).