---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to exemptions from minimum wage."
description: "An Act relating to exemptions from minimum wage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "Alaska SB 185 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGE OF PERSONS", "DISABILITIES", "EMPLOYMENT", "LABOR", "NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "SENIOR CITIZENS", "WAGES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MICCICHE"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 57
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-08"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ffe7584-875f-44cb-8516-6b17c7ddab30"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=SB185"
source_hash: "00296e4457930541521ea73b8349ad4bb4777226f945f7c53a75e4ddcf79dccc"
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 185 (32) — An Act relating to exemptions from minimum wage.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 185(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0185B)
2. **Enrolled SB 185** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0185Z)
3. **HCS CSSB 185(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0185C)
4. **SB 185** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0185A)

## Votes

- (H) LIMIT ALL INTROS TO 3 MIN, DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y36 N4 #3075 — **36–4** (pass) · lower
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y17 N3 #2966 — **17–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y36 N2 A2 #3092 — **36–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2 #2075 — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MICCICHE — primary (person)
- Begich — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kiehl — cosponsor (person)
- Revak — cosponsor (person)
- Shower — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- von Imhof — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-08** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** (S) L&C
- **2022-02-28** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-02-28** (S) Scheduled but Not Heard
- **2022-02-28** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2022-03-14** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-03-14** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-14** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2022-03-15** (S) COSPONSOR(S): HUGHES, REVAK, COSTELLO, STEVENS, HOLLAND, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2022-03-15** (S) GRAY-JACKSON
- **2022-03-16** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-03-16** (S) Moved CSSB 185(L&C) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 2 PM --
- **2022-03-16** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2022-03-18** (S) L&C RPT CS 4DP SAME TITLE
- **2022-03-18** (S) DP: COSTELLO, GRAY-JACKSON, STEVENS, MICCICHE
- **2022-03-18** (S) FN1: ZERO(LWF)
- **2022-03-18** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/18/2022
- **2022-03-18** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-03-18** (S) L&C CS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-03-18** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/21 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-03-18** (S) COSPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI, KIEHL, BEGICH
- **2022-03-21** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 185(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-21** (S) COSPONSOR(S): BISHOP, WILSON, STEDMAN, SHOWER, VON IMHOF
- **2022-03-21** (S) PASSED Y18 N- E2 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2022-03-21** (S) VERSION: CSSB 185(L&C)
- **2022-03-22** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-03-22** (H) L&C
- **2022-04-25** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): NELSON
- **2022-04-25** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-25** (H) Moved CSSB 185(L&C) Out of Committee
- **2022-04-25** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2022-04-29** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 09:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-29** (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2022-05-04** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-05-04** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 185(L&C) Out of Committee
- **2022-05-11** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-05-11** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 185(L&C) Out of Committee
- **2022-05-15** (H) L&C RPT HCS(L&C) 4DP 2NR
- **2022-05-15** (H) DP: SNYDER, NELSON, FIELDS, SPOHNHOLZ
- **2022-05-15** (H) NR: SCHRAGE, MCCARTY
- **2022-05-15** (H) FN1: ZERO(LWF)
- **2022-05-17** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/17/2022
- **2022-05-17** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-17** (H) L&C HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-05-17** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/18 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2022-05-17** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TUCK
- **2022-05-18** (H) LIMIT ALL INTROS TO 3 MIN, DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y36 N4
- **2022-05-18** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS CSSB 185(L&C) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-18** (H) PASSED Y36 N2 A2 `passage`
- **2022-05-18** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2022-05-18** (H) VERSION: HCS CSSB 185(L&C)
- **2022-05-18** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2022-05-18** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y17 N3
- **2022-10-05** (S) 10:20 A.M. 8/30/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (S) Signed into law 9/13 CHAPTER 74 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 12/12/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ffe7584-875f-44cb-8516-6b17c7ddab30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).