---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to allocations for the special education service agency; extending the special education service agency; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to allocations for the special education service agency; extending the special education service agency; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "SB 19"
citation: "Alaska SB 19 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABILITIES", "EDUCATION", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SUNSET"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEVENS"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 68
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-08-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7b8b24b-841f-43b6-9154-7774f662a960"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=SB19"
source_hash: "7b9f556bb27bfc00404fc9ba4801507170257cba85af49c99548bb5d523d4542"
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 19 (32) — An Act relating to allocations for the special education service agency; extending the special education service agency; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 19(EDC)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0019B)
2. **CSSB 19(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0019C)
3. **Enrolled SB 19** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0019Z)
4. **SB 19** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0019A)

## Votes

- (H) LIMIT ALL DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y23 N16 E1 #1189 — **23–16** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y15 N- E5 #574 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y35 N5 #1212 — **35–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STEVENS — primary (person)
- Begich — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Micciche — cosponsor (person)
- Revak — 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) EDC, FIN
- **2021-02-05** (S) EDUCATION at 09:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-02-05** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-02-05** (S) Minutes (SEDC)
- **2021-02-15** (S) COSPONSOR(S): HUGHES, BEGICH, GRAY-JACKSON, KAWASAKI, MICCICHE
- **2021-02-15** (S) EDUCATION at 09:00 AM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-02-15** (S) Moved CSSB 19(EDC) Out of Committee
- **2021-02-15** (S) Minutes (SEDC)
- **2021-02-17** (S) EDC RPT CS 5DP SAME TITLE
- **2021-02-17** (S) DP: HOLLAND, HUGHES, STEVENS, MICCICHE, BEGICH
- **2021-02-17** (S) FN1: (EED)
- **2021-03-02** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2021-03-02** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-03-02** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2021-03-08** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2021-03-08** (S) Scheduled but Not Heard
- **2021-03-08** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2021-03-22** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2021-03-22** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-03-22** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2021-03-24** (S) FIN RPT CS 4DP 3NR NEW TITLE
- **2021-03-24** (S) NR: STEDMAN, WILSON, OLSON
- **2021-03-24** (S) DP: BISHOP, HOFFMAN, WIELECHOWSKI, VON IMHOF
- **2021-03-24** (S) FN2: (EED)
- **2021-03-24** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2021-03-24** (S) Moved CSSB 19(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2021-03-24** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2021-03-26** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/26/2021
- **2021-03-26** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** (S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2021-03-26** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/29 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 19(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** (S) COSPONSOR(S): HOLLAND, REVAK
- **2021-03-29** (S) PASSED Y15 N- E5 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2021-03-29** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2021-03-29** (S) VERSION: CSSB 19(FIN)
- **2021-03-31** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-03-31** (H) FIN
- **2021-04-19** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2021-04-19** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-19** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2021-04-23** (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2021-04-23** (H) Moved CSSB 19(FIN) Out of Committee -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2021-04-23** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2021-04-26** (H) FIN RPT 6DP 4NR
- **2021-04-26** (H) DP: ORTIZ, EDGMON, LEBON, JOSEPHSON, MERRICK, FOSTER
- **2021-04-26** (H) NR: CARPENTER, JOHNSON, RASMUSSEN, THOMPSON
- **2021-04-26** (H) FN2: (EED)
- **2021-05-18** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/18/2021
- **2021-05-18** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/19 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** (H) LIMIT ALL DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y23 N16 E1
- **2021-05-19** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 19(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** (H) PASSED Y35 N5 `passage`
- **2021-05-19** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2021-05-19** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2021-05-19** (H) VERSION: CSSB 19(FIN)
- **2021-05-19** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): DRUMMOND, STORY, TARR, JOSEPHSON
- **2021-08-16** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 6/14/21
- **2021-06-28** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 6/14/21
- **2021-06-28** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 69
- **2021-06-28** (H) FN2: (EED)
- **2021-06-28** (S) 9:08 A.M. 6/28/21 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-16** (S) Signed into law 6/29 CHAPTER 12 SLA 21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-16** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7b8b24b-841f-43b6-9154-7774f662a960`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).