---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to special registration plates for vehicles owned by persons with disabilities."
description: "An Act relating to special registration plates for vehicles owned by persons with disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "SB 47"
citation: "Alaska SB 47 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DISABILITIES", "LICENSING", "MEDICAL CARE", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS", "PERMITS", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GRAY-JACKSON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 51
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fcb2f744-c680-4fa7-97bf-dd161f363f42"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=SB47"
source_hash: "edd41564a50915f117eaa477a256afc40c88bf265fcb97733dde18279c054416"
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 47 (32) — An Act relating to special registration plates for vehicles owned by persons with disabilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled SB 47** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0047Z)
2. **SB 47** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0047A)

## Votes

- (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y10 N30 # 1127 — **10–30** (fail) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y16 N- E4 #914 — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y38 N2 #1129 — **38–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GRAY-JACKSON — primary (person)
- Begich — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Costello — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Micciche — cosponsor (person)
- Revak — cosponsor (person)
- Shower — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- von Imhof — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25** (S) STA
- **2021-03-23** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-03-23** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-03-23** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2021-04-22** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-04-22** (S) Moved SB 47 Out of Committee
- **2021-04-22** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2021-04-23** (S) STA RPT 4DP
- **2021-04-23** (S) DP: SHOWER, HOLLAND, KAWASAKI, COSTELLO
- **2021-04-23** (S) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2021-04-30** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/30/2021
- **2021-04-30** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-04-30** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 47 `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** (S) PASSED Y16 N- E4 `passage`
- **2021-04-30** (S) COSPONSOR(S): BISHOP, SHOWER, REVAK, BEGICH, STEVENS, KAWASAKI, VON IMHOF,
- **2021-04-30** (S) COSTELLO, HOLLAND, MICCICHE
- **2021-04-30** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2021-04-30** (S) VERSION: SB 47
- **2021-04-30** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-04-30** (H) STA
- **2021-04-30** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): STORY, TUCK
- **2021-05-06** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-05-06** (H) Heard & Held
- **2021-05-06** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2021-05-11** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-05-11** (H) -- Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2021-05-13** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2021-05-13** (H) Moved SB 47 Out of Committee -- Delayed to 3:40 pm --
- **2021-05-13** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2021-05-14** (H) STA RPT 4DP 1DNP 2NR
- **2021-05-14** (H) DP: CLAMAN, STORY, TARR, KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2021-05-14** (H) DNP: EASTMAN
- **2021-05-14** (H) NR: KAUFMAN, VANCE
- **2021-05-14** (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2021-05-17** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/17/2021
- **2021-05-17** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2021-05-17** (H) AM NO 1 RULED OUT OF ORDER AND WITHDRAWN
- **2021-05-17** (H) AM NO 2 NOT OFFERED
- **2021-05-17** (H) AM NO 3 FAILED Y10 N30 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-05-17** (H) AM NO 4 FAILED N40 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-05-17** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2021-05-17** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 47 `reading-3`
- **2021-05-17** (H) PASSED Y38 N2 `passage`
- **2021-05-17** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2021-05-17** (H) VERSION: SB 47
- **2021-05-17** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TARR, JOSEPHSON, RASMUSSEN, DRUMMOND
- **2021-08-16** (S) 3:55 P.M. 8/16/21 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-30** (S) Signed into law 8/25 CHAPTER 28 SLA 21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-30** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/23/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fcb2f744-c680-4fa7-97bf-dd161f363f42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).