---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to critical and essential minerals."
description: "An Act relating to critical and essential minerals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "Alaska SB 118 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "ECONOMY", "ENERGY", "GOVERNOR", "MINERALS", "MINING", "PLANNING", "RESOURCES", "TRANSPORTATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Merrick"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 72
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-29"
last_action: "2024-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90a8c7a5-ef88-4cc4-ad8b-50a4cf2a3121"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB118"
source_hash: "3fa4309fe7673ba4d52c29b71d7010709b0a6241c1ae75c80ab37f3d8854d902"
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 118 (33) — An Act relating to critical and essential minerals.

## Version chain

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

1. **CSSB 118(FIN)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0118B)
2. **Enrolled SB 118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0118Z)
3. **SB 118** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0118A)

## Votes

- (S) PASSED Y20 N- #2301 — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) PASSED Y39 N1 #3067 — **39–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Merrick — primary (person)
- Armstrong — cosponsor (person)
- Baker — cosponsor (person)
- Bishop — cosponsor (person)
- Bjorkman — cosponsor (person)
- Cronk — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Kaufman — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Mccabe — cosponsor (person)
- Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Saddler — cosponsor (person)
- Schrage — cosponsor (person)
- Shower — cosponsor (person)
- Stapp — cosponsor (person)
- Stedman — cosponsor (person)
- Sumner — cosponsor (person)
- Tomaszewski — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-29** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-03-29** (S) RES
- **2023-03-31** (S) COSPONSOR(S): BJORKMAN, MYERS
- **2024-02-02** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2024-02-02** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-02** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2024-02-12** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2024-02-12** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-02-12** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2024-02-14** (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205
- **2024-02-14** (S) Moved SB 118 Out of Committee
- **2024-02-14** (S) Minutes (SRES)
- **2024-02-15** (S) RES RPT 4DP 2NR 1AM
- **2024-02-15** (S) DP: GIESSEL, BISHOP, KAUFMAN, DUNBAR
- **2024-02-15** (S) NR: CLAMAN, WIELECHOWSKI
- **2024-02-15** (S) AM: KAWASAKI
- **2024-02-15** (S) FN1: (DNR)
- **2024-02-15** (S) FN2: (CED)
- **2024-02-15** (S) FIN REFERRAL ADDED
- **2024-02-15** (S) COSPONSOR(S): DUNBAR
- **2024-03-13** (S) FINANCE at 01:30 PM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-03-13** (S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --
- **2024-03-13** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2024-03-15** (S) COSPONSOR(S): KAUFMAN, KAWASAKI
- **2024-04-17** (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532
- **2024-04-17** (S) Moved CSSB 118(FIN) Out of Committee
- **2024-04-17** (S) Minutes (SFIN)
- **2024-04-19** (S) FIN RPT CS 4DP 1NR NEW TITLE
- **2024-04-19** (S) DP: STEDMAN, WILSON, MERRICK, BISHOP
- **2024-04-19** (S) NR: KIEHL
- **2024-04-19** (S) FN1: (DNR)
- **2024-04-19** (S) FN3: (CED)
- **2024-04-22** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/22/2024
- **2024-04-22** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-04-22** (S) FIN CS ADOPTED UC
- **2024-04-22** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/24 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 118(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2024-04-24** (S) PASSED Y20 N- `passage`
- **2024-04-24** (S) COSPONSOR(S): SHOWER, BISHOP, STEDMAN, WILSON
- **2024-04-24** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2024-04-24** (S) VERSION: CSSB 118(FIN)
- **2024-04-26** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-04-26** (H) RES, FIN
- **2024-04-26** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): SADDLER
- **2024-04-29** (H) RES REFERRAL REMOVED
- **2024-05-03** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-03** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-05-03** (H) Minutes (HFIN)
- **2024-05-07** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-07** (H) -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-05-09** (H) FINANCE at 10:00 AM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-09** (H) -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --
- **2024-05-09** (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519
- **2024-05-09** (H) Moved CSSB 118(FIN) Out of Committee -- Recessed to 5:15 PM --
- **2024-05-10** (H) FIN RPT 9DP
- **2024-05-10** (H) DP: GALVIN, HANNAN, JOSEPHSON, COULOMBE, CRONK, TOMASZEWSKI, ORTIZ, D.JOHNSON,
- **2024-05-10** (H) FOSTER
- **2024-05-10** (H) FN1: (DNR)
- **2024-05-10** (H) FN3: (CED)
- **2024-05-12** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/12/2024
- **2024-05-12** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-12** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC `reading-3`
- **2024-05-12** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME CSSB 118(FIN) `reading-3`
- **2024-05-12** (H) PASSED Y39 N1 `passage`
- **2024-05-12** (H) RETURN TO (S), TRANSMIT TO GOV NEXT
- **2024-05-12** (H) VERSION: CSSB 118(FIN)
- **2024-05-12** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): CRONK, SCHRAGE, GALVIN, TOMASZEWSKI, SUMNER, BAKER, MCCABE,
- **2024-05-12** (H) ARMSTRONG, STAPP, WRIGHT
- **2024-10-09** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2024-10-09** (S) 1:45 P.M. 8/7/26 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 8/30 CH 45 SLA 24 `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW 11/28/24 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90a8c7a5-ef88-4cc4-ad8b-50a4cf2a3121`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).