---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act requiring background investigations of village public safety officer applicants by the Department of Public Safety; relating to the village public safety officer program; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act requiring background investigations of village public safety officer applicants by the Department of Public Safety; relating to the village public safety officer program; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "32"
identifier: "SB 81"
citation: "Alaska SB 81 (32)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALASKA NATIVES", "ALCOHOL", "APPROPRIATIONS", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE", "DRUGS", "EMPLOYMENT", "EXECUTIVE BRANCH", "FEES", "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION", "GRANTS", "HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "MENTAL HEALTH", "MUNICIPALITIES", "NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS", "NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS", "PRIVACY", "PUBLIC OFFICERS", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "SALARIES & ALLOWANCES", "UNORGANIZED BOROUGH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["OLSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 90
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2022-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df1f5a94-7df4-46ff-8b62-858fa9486222"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/32?Root=SB81"
source_hash: "26e63a27bc02dfbc50686781d80c1a7e523271d613ca3b23403598d795c2c0a4"
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 81 (32) — An Act requiring background investigations of village public safety officer applicants by the Department of Public Safety; relating to the village public safety officer program; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 81(CRA)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0081B)
2. **Enrolled SB 81** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0081Z)
3. **HCS CSSB 81(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0081C)
4. **SB 81** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/32?Hsid=SB0081A)

## Votes

- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y18 N- E1 A1 #2560 — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y34 N2 E4 #2791 — **34–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2372 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING Y34 N2 E4 #2790 — **34–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- OLSON — primary (person)
- Begich — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Hoffman — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Kiehl — cosponsor (person)
- Micciche — cosponsor (person)
- Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Revak — cosponsor (person)
- Shower — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Stevens — cosponsor (person)
- Wielechowski — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2021-02-12** (S) CRA, STA, FIN
- **2021-02-12** (S) COSPONSOR(S): GRAY-JACKSON
- **2021-04-20** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-04-20** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-20** (S) Minutes (SCRA)
- **2021-04-27** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-04-27** (S) Heard & Held
- **2021-04-27** (S) Minutes (SCRA)
- **2021-04-29** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-04-29** (S) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2021-05-04** (S) COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2021-05-04** (S) Moved CSSB 81(CRA) Out of Committee
- **2021-05-04** (S) Minutes (SCRA)
- **2021-05-07** (S) CRA RPT CS 2DP 2NR SAME TITLE
- **2021-05-07** (S) NR: HUGHES, WILSON
- **2021-05-07** (S) DP: GRAY-JACKSON, MYERS
- **2021-05-07** (S) FN1: (DPS)
- **2021-05-07** (S) FN2: (DPS)
- **2022-02-16** (S) STA WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, RULE 23
- **2022-02-17** (S) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2022-02-17** (S) Moved CSSB 81(CRA) Out of Committee
- **2022-02-17** (S) Minutes (SSTA)
- **2022-02-22** (S) STA RPT CS(CRA) 4AM SAME TITLE
- **2022-02-22** (S) AM: SHOWER, REINBOLD, HOLLAND, KAWASAKI
- **2022-02-22** (S) FN3: ZERO(DPS)
- **2022-02-22** (S) FN4: (DPS)
- **2022-02-28** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-02-28** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-02-28** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-03-17** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-03-17** (S) <Removed from Agenda>
- **2022-03-17** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2022-03-21** (S) FINANCE at 01:00 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-03-21** (S) Heard & Held
- **2022-03-23** (S) FIN RPT CS(CRA) 6DP 1NR SAME TITLE
- **2022-03-23** (S) DP: STEDMAN, BISHOP, HOFFMAN, WIELECHOWSKI, OLSON, VON IMHOF
- **2022-03-23** (S) NR: WILSON
- **2022-03-23** (S) FN3: ZERO(DPS)
- **2022-03-23** (S) FN4: (DPS)
- **2022-03-23** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2022-03-23** (S) Moved CSSB 81(CRA) Out of Committee
- **2022-03-25** (S) COSPONSOR(S): MYERS, HOLLAND, SHOWER
- **2022-04-11** (S) COSPONSOR(S): REVAK
- **2022-04-19** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** (S) CRA CS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-04-19** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/20 CAL `reading-3`
- **2022-04-20** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 81(CRA) `reading-3`
- **2022-04-20** (S) COSPONSOR(S): BEGICH, WIELECHOWSKI, KIEHL, STEDMAN, BISHOP, STEVENS, HOFFMAN
- **2022-04-20** (S) KAWASAKI, MICCICHE
- **2022-04-20** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2022-04-20** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-04-20** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2022-04-20** (S) VERSION: CSSB 81(CRA)
- **2022-04-25** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2022-04-25** (H) FIN
- **2022-04-25** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): FOSTER, ZULKOSKY
- **2022-04-28** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2022-04-28** (H) Moved HCS CSSB 81(CRA) Out of Committee -- Delayed to 2:30 pm --
- **2022-04-28** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2022-04-29** (H) FIN RPT HCS(FIN) 9DP 1NR
- **2022-04-29** (H) DP: ORTIZ, EDGMON, LEBON, THOMPSON, JOHNSON, WOOL, JOSEPHSON, MERRICK, FOSTER
- **2022-04-29** (H) NR: CARPENTER
- **2022-04-29** (H) FN3: ZERO(DPS)
- **2022-04-29** (H) FN4: (DPS)
- **2022-05-04** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): KAUFMAN
- **2022-05-05** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/5/2022
- **2022-05-05** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2022-05-05** (H) FIN HCS ADOPTED UC
- **2022-05-05** (H) AM NO 1 OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN
- **2022-05-05** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING Y34 N2 E4 `reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS CSSB 81(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** (H) PASSED Y34 N2 E4 `passage`
- **2022-05-05** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-05-05** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON, SCHRAGE, DRUMMOND, WOOL, SPOHNHOLZ, TARR, CRONK,
- **2022-05-05** (H) CLAMAN, PATKOTAK, HANNAN, RASMUSSEN, STUTES, STORY
- **2022-05-05** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2022-05-05** (H) VERSION: HCS CSSB 81(FIN)
- **2022-05-09** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2022-05-09** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y18 N- E1 A1
- **2022-05-09** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2022-10-05** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2022-10-05** (S) 2:45 P.M. 6/23/22 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-05** (S) Signed into law 6/29 CHAPTER 16 SLA 22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-05** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`
- **2022-10-05** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/10/22
- **2022-10-05** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/10/22
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 281
- **2022-10-05** (H) FN4: (DPS)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df1f5a94-7df4-46ff-8b62-858fa9486222`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).