---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to veterans' benefits services and veterans' benefits appeal services."
description: "An Act relating to veterans' benefits services and veterans' benefits appeal services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Alaska SB 40 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADVERTISING", "APPEALS", "BUSINESS", "CIVIL PROCEDURE", "COMMUNICATIONS", "CRIMES", "DISCLOSURE", "INTERNET", "MILITARY", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["REVAK"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 71
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0ca989d-7027-41dd-abbf-7aae8e540da3"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=SB40"
source_hash: "873e142b970548effa925bc7f5b95a43463acb30b951680996a19b9709254227"
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 40 (32) — An Act relating to veterans' benefits services and veterans' benefits appeal services.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled SB 40** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0040Z)
2. **SB 40** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0040A)

## Votes

- (S) POSTPONE QUESTION TO MARCH 24 Y14 N2 E3 A1 #491 — **14–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y36 N3 A1 #1214 — **36–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y2 N37 A1 # 1155 — **2–37** (fail) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #668 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) LIMIT ALL DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y23 N16 E1 #1189 — **23–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- REVAK — 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)
- Micciche — cosponsor (person)
- Shower — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)
- von Imhof — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** (S) Prefile released 1/15/21 `filing`
- **2021-01-25** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25** (S) STA, L&C
- **2021-03-04** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-03-04** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-03-04** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2021-03-11** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-03-11** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-03-11** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2021-03-18** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-03-18** (S) Moved SB 40 Out of Committee
- **2021-03-18** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2021-03-19** (S) STA RPT 4DP
- **2021-03-19** (S) DP: SHOWER, HOLLAND, COSTELLO, REINBOLD
- **2021-03-19** (S) FN1: ZERO(MVA)
- **2021-03-19** (S) OBJECTION (REGARDING REPORTING OUT OF COMMITTEE PROCESS)
- **2021-03-19** (S) POSTPONE QUESTION TO MARCH 24 Y14 N2 E3 A1
- **2021-03-22** (S) OBJECTION WITHDRAWN (REGARDING REPORTING OUT OF COMMITTEE PROCESS)
- **2021-03-22** (S) COSPONSOR(S): KIEHL, BEGICH, WIELECHOWSKI, GRAY-JACKSON, KAWASAKI, COSTELLO
- **2021-03-29** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-03-29** (S) Moved SB 40 Out of Committee
- **2021-03-29** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2021-03-31** (S) L&C RPT 5DP
- **2021-03-31** (S) DP: COSTELLO, REVAK, GRAY-JACKSON, HOLLAND, STEVENS
- **2021-03-31** (S) FN1: ZERO(MVA)
- **2021-04-09** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/9/2021
- **2021-04-09** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 40 `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** (S) COSPONSOR(S): HUGHES, HOLLAND, VON IMHOF, STEVENS, SHOWER, STEDMAN, BISHOP,
- **2021-04-09** (S) MICCICHE
- **2021-04-09** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2021-04-09** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2021-04-09** (S) VERSION: SB 40
- **2021-04-12** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-04-12** (H) MLV, L&C
- **2021-04-12** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TUCK
- **2021-04-21** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): FIELDS
- **2021-04-22** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-04-22** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 1:15 pm --
- **2021-04-22** (H) Minutes (HMLV)
- **2021-04-27** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-04-27** (H) Moved SB 40 Out of Committee
- **2021-04-27** (H) Minutes (HMLV)
- **2021-04-28** (H) MLV RPT 6DP
- **2021-04-28** (H) DP: CLAMAN, RAUSCHER, TARR, STORY, NELSON, TUCK
- **2021-04-28** (H) FN1: ZERO(MVA)
- **2021-05-03** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 03:15 PM BARNES 124
- **2021-05-03** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-05-03** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2021-05-07** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): NELSON
- **2021-05-07** (H) LABOR & COMMERCE at 08:00 AM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-05-07** (H) Moved SB 40 Out of Committee -- Please Note Time & Location Change --
- **2021-05-07** (H) Minutes (HL&C)
- **2021-05-10** (H) L&C RPT 6DP
- **2021-05-10** (H) DP: SCHRAGE, MCCARTY, SNYDER, KAUFMAN, FIELDS, SPOHNHOLZ
- **2021-05-10** (H) FN1: ZERO(MVA)
- **2021-05-18** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/18/2021
- **2021-05-18** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** (H) AM NO 1 FAILED Y2 N37 A1 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-05-18** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/19 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE, JOSEPHSON
- **2021-05-19** (H) LIMIT ALL DEBATE TO 2 MIN EACH Y23 N16 E1
- **2021-05-19** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 40 `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** (H) PASSED Y36 N3 A1 `passage`
- **2021-05-19** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2021-05-19** (H) VERSION: SB 40
- **2021-05-19** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): STORY
- **2021-08-23** (S) 4:45 P.M. 8/20/21 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-30** (S) Signed into law 8/28 CHAPTER 31 SLA 21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-30** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/26/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0ca989d-7027-41dd-abbf-7aae8e540da3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).