---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act establishing April 24 of each year as Vic Fischer and Jack Coghill Constitution of the State of Alaska Day; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act establishing April 24 of each year as Vic Fischer and Jack Coghill Constitution of the State of Alaska Day; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Alaska SB 28 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTITUTION", "HOLIDAYS", "PROCLAMATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BEGICH"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 69
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58488e5d-51e3-4398-9f0c-5914cc823c2f"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=SB28"
source_hash: "b8ba221e6a17294d8d3436ed009beda753bf61c785e3f594bf5b01acd09c6e38"
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 28 (32) — An Act establishing April 24 of each year as Vic Fischer and Jack Coghill Constitution of the State of Alaska Day; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 28(STA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0028B)
2. **Enrolled SB 28** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0028Z)
3. **HCS CSSB 28(STA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0028C)
4. **SB 28** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0028A)

## Votes

- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N- A1 #1103 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) SUSTAINED RULING OF CHAIR Y23 N13 E3 A1 #1106 — **23–13** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 43 FAILED Y12 N25 E3 # 1106 — **12–25** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y15 N24 E1 # 1084 — **15–24** (fail) · lower
- (H) AM NO 47 FAILED Y12 N25 E3 # 1107 — **12–25** (fail) · lower
- (H) SUSTAINED RULING OF CHAIR Y26 N11 E3 #1102 — **26–11** (pass) · lower
- (H) PASSED Y24 N16 #1132 — **24–16** (pass) · lower
- (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y36 N4 #1133 — **36–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) SUSTAINED RULING OF CHAIR Y21 N15 E3 A1 #1101 — **21–15** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y15 N- E5 #795 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) SUSTAINED RULING OF CHAIR Y29 N6 E3 A2 #1105 — **29–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BEGICH — primary (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
- **2021-03-25** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-03-25** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-03-25** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2021-04-22** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-04-22** (S) Moved CSSB 28(STA) Out of Committee
- **2021-04-22** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2021-04-23** (S) STA RPT CS 2DP 1NR 1AM SAME TITLE
- **2021-04-23** (S) NR: SHOWER
- **2021-04-23** (S) DP: HOLLAND, KAWASAKI
- **2021-04-23** (S) AM: COSTELLO
- **2021-04-23** (S) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2021-04-23** (S) FN2: INDETERMINATE(GOV/VARIOUS)
- **2021-04-23** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/23/2021
- **2021-04-23** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** (S) STA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2021-04-23** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 28(STA) `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** (S) PASSED Y15 N- E5 `passage`
- **2021-04-23** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2021-04-23** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2021-04-23** (S) VERSION: CSSB 28(STA)
- **2021-04-26** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-04-26** (H) STA
- **2021-05-04** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-05-04** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 28(STA) Out of Committee
- **2021-05-04** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2021-05-06** (H) STA RPT HCS(STA) 5DP 2NR
- **2021-05-06** (H) DP: CLAMAN, STORY, KAUFMAN, TARR, KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2021-05-06** (H) NR: EASTMAN, VANCE
- **2021-05-06** (H) FN1: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)
- **2021-05-06** (H) FN3: ZERO(GOV/VARIOUS DEPTS)
- **2021-05-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/14/2021
- **2021-05-14** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** (H) STA HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2021-05-14** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y15 N24 E1 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-05-14** (H) HELD IN SECOND READING TO 5/15 CALENDAR
- **2021-05-14** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): SPOHNHOLZ
- **2021-05-15** (H) BEFORE HOUSE IN SECOND READING
- **2021-05-15** (H) AM NO 2 NOT OFFERED
- **2021-05-15** (H) AM NO 3 RULED OUT OF ORDER
- **2021-05-15** (H) SUSTAINED RULING OF CHAIR Y21 N15 E3 A1
- **2021-05-15** (H) AM NO 4 RULED OUT OF ORDER
- **2021-05-15** (H) SUSTAINED RULING OF CHAIR Y26 N11 E3
- **2021-05-15** (H) AM NO 5 RULED OUT OF ORDER UC
- **2021-05-15** (H) AM NO 6 RULED OUT OF ORDER UC
- **2021-05-15** (H) AM NO 7 RULED OUT OF ORDER UC
- **2021-05-15** (H) AM NO 8 RULED OUT OF ORDER
- **2021-05-15** (H) SUSTAINED RULING OF CHAIR Y29 N6 E3 A2
- **2021-05-15** (H) AMS NOS 9 - 41 NOT OFFERED
- **2021-05-15** (H) AM NO 42 RULED OUT OF ORDER
- **2021-05-15** (H) SUSTAINED RULING OF CHAIR Y23 N13 E3 A1
- **2021-05-15** (H) AM NO 43 FAILED Y12 N25 E3 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-05-15** (H) AMS NOS 44 - 46 NOT OFFERED
- **2021-05-15** (H) AM NO 47 FAILED Y12 N25 E3 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-05-15** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/17 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2021-05-15** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TUCK
- **2021-05-17** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS CSSB 28(STA) `reading-3`
- **2021-05-17** (H) PASSED Y24 N16 `passage`
- **2021-05-17** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) ADOPTED Y36 N4
- **2021-05-17** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2021-05-17** (H) VERSION: HCS CSSB 28(STA)
- **2021-05-18** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y19 N- A1
- **2021-05-18** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2021-08-19** (S) 12:45 P.M. 8/18/21 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-30** (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 8/30 CH 33 SLA 21 `became-law`
- **2021-08-30** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 9/5/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58488e5d-51e3-4398-9f0c-5914cc823c2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).