---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Examiners in Optometry; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Examiners in Optometry; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "SB 186"
citation: "Alaska SB 186 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "LICENSING", "MEDICAL CARE", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "OPTOMETRISTS", "SUNSET"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEVENS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 63
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c304678-3bc1-4a5f-aa77-360f304b0550"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=SB186"
source_hash: "d6f4bfef3c97d8f384b505c1e653846e9b68aa593ddceba6408b775422f08914"
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 186 (32) — An Act extending the termination date of the Board of Examiners in Optometry; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled SB 186** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0186Z)
2. **SB 186** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0186A)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y38 N2 #2959 — **38–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y16 N- E3 A1 #2146 — **16–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STEVENS — primary (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Micciche — cosponsor (person)
- Reinbold — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** (S) L&C, FIN
- **2022-03-07** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2022-03-07** (S) Moved SB 186 Out of Committee
- **2022-03-07** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2022-03-08** (S) L&C RPT 3DP
- **2022-03-08** (S) DP: MICCICHE, GRAY-JACKSON, STEVENS
- **2022-03-08** (S) FN1: (CED)
- **2022-03-21** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-03-21** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-21** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-03-23** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-03-23** (S) Moved SB 186 Out of Committee
- **2022-03-23** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-03-25** (S) FIN RPT 5DP
- **2022-03-25** (S) DP: STEDMAN, BISHOP, HOFFMAN, WILSON, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2022-03-25** (S) FN1: (CED)
- **2022-03-25** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/25/2022
- **2022-03-25** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-03-25** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/28 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 186 `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** (S) COSPONSOR(S): COSTELLO, HOLLAND, GRAY-JACKSON, REINBOLD, MICCICHE
- **2022-03-28** (S) PASSED Y16 N- E3 A1 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-03-28** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2022-03-28** (S) VERSION: SB 186
- **2022-04-04** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-04-04** (H) L&C, FIN
- **2022-04-25** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-25** (H) <Bill Hearing Postponed to 4/27/22>
- **2022-04-25** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2022-04-27** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-27** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-04-29** (H) L&C RPT 7DP
- **2022-04-29** (H) DP: SCHRAGE, MCCARTY, KAUFMAN, SNYDER, NELSON, FIELDS, SPOHNHOLZ
- **2022-04-29** (H) FN1: (CED)
- **2022-04-29** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 09:00 AM BARNES 124
- **2022-04-29** (H) Moved SB 186 Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2022-05-02** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2022-05-02** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-05-02** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-05-06** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2022-05-06** (H) Moved SB 186 Out of Committee
- **2022-05-06** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-05-09** (H) FIN RPT 3DP 3NR
- **2022-05-09** (H) DP: EDGMON, LEBON, FOSTER
- **2022-05-09** (H) NR: JOHNSON, JOSEPHSON, MERRICK
- **2022-05-09** (H) FN1: (CED)
- **2022-05-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/12/2022
- **2022-05-14** (H) SESSION CANCELED 5/12 - ON 5/13 CALENDAR
- **2022-05-14** (H) SESSION CANCELED 5/13 - ON 5/14 CALENDAR
- **2022-05-14** (H) NOT TAKEN UP 5/14 - ON 5/15 CALENDAR
- **2022-05-15** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-15** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/16 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2022-05-15** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TARR
- **2022-05-16** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 186 `reading-3`
- **2022-05-16** (H) PASSED Y38 N2 `passage`
- **2022-05-16** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-16** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2022-05-16** (H) VERSION: SB 186
- **2022-10-05** (S) 11:45 A.M. 6/21/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (S) Signed into law 6/29 CHAPTER 27 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 6/30/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c304678-3bc1-4a5f-aa77-360f304b0550`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).