---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to occupational licensing of members of the military and their spouses; relating to mobile intensive care paramedics; relating to duties of the State Medical Board and the Department of Health and Social Services; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to occupational licensing of members of the military and their spouses; relating to mobile intensive care paramedics; relating to duties of the State Medical Board and the Department of Health and Social Services; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Alaska SB 21 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS & COMMISSIONS", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "LIABILITY", "LICENSING", "MEDICAL CARE", "MUNICIPALITIES", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["REVAK"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 82
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69d88dd6-fed1-450b-92ec-510f64b6cb26"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=SB21"
source_hash: "58a324c6dfb2481533a86af9cf152ff609cb55514a07efc7c71d14fa40b28fe4"
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 21 (32) — An Act relating to occupational licensing of members of the military and their spouses; relating to mobile intensive care paramedics; relating to duties of the State Medical Board and the Department of Health and Social Services; 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 21** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0021Z)
2. **HCS SB 21(L&C)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0021B)
3. **HCS SB 21(L&C) am H** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0021C)
4. **SB 21** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0021A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #516 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N- E1 #1083 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y38 E1 A1 #1082 — **38–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- REVAK — primary (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Micciche — cosponsor (person)
- Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — 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) HSS, L&C
- **2021-03-02** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-03-02** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-03-02** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2021-03-03** (S) COSPONSOR(S): COSTELLO, HUGHES, MICCICHE
- **2021-03-04** (S) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-03-04** (S) Moved SB 21 Out of Committee
- **2021-03-04** (S) Minutes (SHSS)
- **2021-03-05** (S) HSS RPT 3DP 1NR
- **2021-03-05** (S) DP: WILSON, COSTELLO, HUGHES
- **2021-03-05** (S) NR: BEGICH
- **2021-03-05** (S) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2021-03-15** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-03-15** (S) Moved SB 21 Out of Committee
- **2021-03-15** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2021-03-17** (S) L&C RPT 4DP
- **2021-03-17** (S) DP: HOLLAND, STEVENS, GRAY-JACKSON, REVAK
- **2021-03-17** (S) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2021-03-22** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 21 `reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** (S) COSPONSOR(S): WILSON, GRAY-JACKSON, OLSON, KAWASAKI, STEVENS
- **2021-03-22** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2021-03-22** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2021-03-22** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2021-03-22** (S) VERSION: SB 21
- **2021-03-24** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** (H) HSS, L&C
- **2021-03-24** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE
- **2021-04-13** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2021-04-13** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-13** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2021-04-15** (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106
- **2021-04-15** (H) Moved SB 21 Out of Committee
- **2021-04-15** (H) Minutes (HHSS)
- **2021-04-16** (H) HSS RPT 5DP 2NR
- **2021-04-16** (H) DP: FIELDS, SPOHNHOLZ, MCCARTY, PRAX, SNYDER
- **2021-04-16** (H) NR: KURKA, ZULKOSKY
- **2021-04-16** (H) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2021-04-16** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CRONK
- **2021-04-30** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 08:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-04-30** (H) Heard & Held -- Recessed to 3:00 pm --
- **2021-04-30** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2021-05-05** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2021-05-05** (H) Moved HCS SB 21(L&C) Out of Committee
- **2021-05-05** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2021-05-06** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): NELSON
- **2021-05-07** (H) L&C RPT HCS(L&C) NEW TITLE 7DP
- **2021-05-07** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 6
- **2021-05-07** (H) DP: SNYDER, SCHRAGE, NELSON, KAUFMAN, MCCARTY, SPOHNHOLZ, FIELDS
- **2021-05-07** (H) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2021-05-10** (H) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER L&C
- **2021-05-12** (H) FIN REFERRAL REMOVED
- **2021-05-12** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MCCARTY
- **2021-05-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/14/2021
- **2021-05-14** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** (H) L&C HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2021-05-14** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 6
- **2021-05-14** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-14** (H) AM NO 2 OFFERED
- **2021-05-14** (H) MOTION TO DIVIDE AM NO 2 WITHDRAWN
- **2021-05-14** (H) AM NO 2 ADOPTED UC `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-14** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS SB 21(L&C) AM H `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** (H) PASSED Y38 E1 A1 `passage`
- **2021-05-14** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2021-05-14** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): SHAW, JOSEPHSON, TILTON, TARR, VANCE, RAUSCHER, KAUFMAN
- **2021-05-14** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2021-05-14** (H) VERSION: HCS SB 21(L&C) AM H
- **2021-05-17** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N- E1
- **2021-05-17** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **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: (CC:HB69/CED)
- **2021-08-23** (S) 4:45 P.M. 8/20/21 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-23** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2021-08-30** (S) Signed into law 8/25 CHAPTER 29 SLA 21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-30** (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/69d88dd6-fed1-450b-92ec-510f64b6cb26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).