---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act requiring the Department of Public Safety to publish certain policies and procedures on the department's Internet website."
description: "An Act requiring the Department of Public Safety to publish certain policies and procedures on the department's Internet website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Alaska SB 7 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMMUNICATIONS", "INTERNET", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "PUBLIC SAFETY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GRAY-JACKSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 75
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2dfa1a12-4746-4b02-82b1-749d9e442a9f"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=SB7"
source_hash: "fce3023d1bce527c45bd4bb53acb068d376664c30fab0ed8a0ffe2be3de8943d"
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 7 (32) — An Act requiring the Department of Public Safety to publish certain policies and procedures on the department's Internet website.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 7(JUD)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0007B)
2. **Enrolled SB 7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0007Z)
3. **SB 7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0007A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y13 N- E6 A1 #1959 — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y29 N9 E2 #2955 — **29–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GRAY-JACKSON — primary (person)
- Begich — 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) STA, JUD
- **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)
- **2021-04-22** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-04-22** (S) Moved SB 7 Out of Committee
- **2021-04-22** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2021-04-23** (S) STA RPT 3NR 1AM
- **2021-04-23** (S) NR: SHOWER, HOLLAND, COSTELLO
- **2021-04-23** (S) AM: KAWASAKI
- **2021-04-23** (S) FN1: ZERO(DPS)
- **2021-05-10** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2021-05-10** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-05-10** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2022-02-16** (S) JUDICIARY at 01:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-02-16** (S) Moved CSSB 7(JUD) Out of Committee
- **2022-02-16** (S) Minutes (SJUD)
- **2022-02-18** (S) JUD RPT CS 1AM 2DP 2NR SAME TITLE
- **2022-02-18** (S) AM: HOLLAND
- **2022-02-18** (S) DP: MYERS, KIEHL
- **2022-02-18** (S) NR: HUGHES, SHOWER
- **2022-02-18** (S) FN2: ZERO(DPS)
- **2022-03-04** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 3/4/2022
- **2022-03-04** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04** (S) JUD CS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-03-04** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 3/8 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 7(JUD) `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** (S) PASSED Y13 N- E6 A1 `passage`
- **2022-03-08** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** (S) VERSION: CSSB 7(JUD)
- **2022-03-09** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-03-09** (H) STA, JUD
- **2022-03-17** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2022-03-17** (H) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-17** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2022-03-31** (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2022-03-31** (H) Moved CSSB 7(JUD) Out of Committee
- **2022-03-31** (H) Minutes (HSTA)
- **2022-04-04** (H) STA RPT 4DP 2NR 1AM
- **2022-04-04** (H) DP: CLAMAN, TARR, STORY, KREISS-TOMKINS
- **2022-04-04** (H) NR: KAUFMAN, VANCE
- **2022-04-04** (H) AM: EASTMAN
- **2022-04-04** (H) FN2: ZERO(DPS)
- **2022-04-04** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): TARR
- **2022-04-13** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2022-04-13** (H) Heard & Held -- Delayed to 1:30 pm --
- **2022-04-22** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2022-04-22** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2022-04-25** (H) JUDICIARY at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2022-04-25** (H) Moved CSSB 7(JUD) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 1:40 pm --
- **2022-04-26** (H) JUD RPT 3DP 1DNP 3NR
- **2022-04-26** (H) DP: SNYDER, DRUMMOND, CLAMAN
- **2022-04-26** (H) DNP: EASTMAN
- **2022-04-26** (H) NR: KREISS-TOMKINS, KURKA, VANCE
- **2022-04-26** (H) FN2: ZERO(DPS)
- **2022-05-14** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/12/2022
- **2022-05-14** (H) SESSION CANCELED 5/12 - ON 5/13 CALENDAR
- **2022-05-14** (H) SESSION CANCELED 5/13 - ON 5/14 CALENDAR
- **2022-05-14** (H) NOT TAKEN UP 5/14 - ON 5/15 CALENDAR
- **2022-05-15** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-15** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/16 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2022-05-16** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 7(JUD) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-16** (H) PASSED Y29 N9 E2 `passage`
- **2022-05-16** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2022-05-16** (H) VERSION: CSSB 7(JUD)
- **2022-05-16** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, WOOL
- **2022-10-05** (S) 4:00 P.M. 7/22/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2022-10-05** (S) Signed into law 7/28 CHAPTER 45 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 10/26/22 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2dfa1a12-4746-4b02-82b1-749d9e442a9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).