---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act relating to bidder preferences in state procurement; creating the military and veteran family help desk in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs; and providing for an effective date."
description: "An Act relating to bidder preferences in state procurement; creating the military and veteran family help desk in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs; and providing for an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ak"
legislature: "Alaska Legislature"
session: "33"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "Alaska SB 154 (33)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BUSINESS", "CONTRACTS", "MILITARY", "PROCUREMENTS", "VETERANS", "VOCATIONAL TRAINING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wielechowski"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 62
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-05-17"
last_action: "2024-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a62e03c-6181-4d26-be7d-b8ac24943ca8"
source_url: "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=SB154"
source_hash: "50ee9a22ce2429ed2e65ca51c3a89bed30b64d176b36737c9977b0aa3eae04d0"
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 154 (33) — An Act relating to bidder preferences in state procurement; creating the military and veteran family help desk in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs; and providing for an effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled SB 154** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0154Z)
2. **SB 154** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0154A)
3. **SB 154 am H** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Text/33?Hsid=SB0154B)

## Votes

- (H) PASSED Y37 N3 #2874 — **37–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y24 N16 # 2834 — **24–16** (pass) · lower
- (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 #2067 — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y18 N- E1 A1 #2591 — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wielechowski — primary (person)
- C.Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Claman — cosponsor (person)
- Dunbar — cosponsor (person)
- Galvin — cosponsor (person)
- Gray-Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Groh — cosponsor (person)
- Josephson — cosponsor (person)
- Kawasaki — cosponsor (person)
- Myers — cosponsor (person)
- Tobin — cosponsor (person)
- Wright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-17** (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2023-05-17** (S) L&C
- **2024-03-04** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-03-04** (S) Heard & Held
- **2024-03-04** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2024-03-06** (S) COSPONSOR(S): DUNBAR
- **2024-03-27** (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
- **2024-03-27** (S) Moved SB 154 Out of Committee
- **2024-03-27** (S) Minutes (SL&C)
- **2024-03-29** (S) L&C RPT 2DP 1NR
- **2024-03-29** (S) DP: BJORKMAN, DUNBAR
- **2024-03-29** (S) NR: MERRICK
- **2024-03-29** (S) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2024-04-02** (S) RULES TO CALENDAR 4/2/2024
- **2024-04-02** (S) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-04-02** (S) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 4/3 CAL `reading-3`
- **2024-04-03** (S) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 154 `reading-3`
- **2024-04-03** (S) PASSED Y19 N- E1 `passage`
- **2024-04-03** (S) COSPONSOR(S): KAWASAKI, TOBIN, GRAY-JACKSON, CLAMAN, MYERS
- **2024-04-03** (S) TRANSMITTED TO (H) `passage`
- **2024-04-03** (S) VERSION: SB 154
- **2024-04-05** (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS `reading-1`
- **2024-04-05** (H) MLV
- **2024-04-09** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-04-09** (H) -- Invited & Public Testimony -- -- MEETING CANCELED --
- **2024-04-16** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-04-16** (H) Heard & Held
- **2024-04-25** (H) MILITARY & VETERANS' AFFAIRS at 01:00 PM GRUENBERG 120
- **2024-04-25** (H) Moved SB 154 Out of Committee
- **2024-04-26** (H) MLV RPT 3DP 1NR
- **2024-04-26** (H) DP: SADDLER, GROH, WRIGHT
- **2024-04-26** (H) NR: CARPENTER
- **2024-04-26** (H) FN1: ZERO(ADM)
- **2024-04-26** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): WRIGHT
- **2024-05-06** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): GROH
- **2024-05-09** (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/9/2024
- **2024-05-09** (H) READ THE SECOND TIME `reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED Y24 N16 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-09** (H) ...CHANGES TITLE OF LEGISLATION
- **2024-05-09** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 20
- **2024-05-09** (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 5/10 CALENDAR `reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): JOSEPHSON
- **2024-05-10** (H) READ THE THIRD TIME SB 154 AM H `reading-3`
- **2024-05-10** (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 20
- **2024-05-10** (H) PASSED Y37 N3 `passage`
- **2024-05-10** (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-05-10** (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): C.JOHNSON, GALVIN
- **2024-05-10** (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED `passage`
- **2024-05-10** (H) VERSION: SB 154 AM H
- **2024-05-11** (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP
- **2024-05-11** (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y18 N- E1 A1
- **2024-05-11** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE
- **2024-10-09** (S) MANIFEST ERROR(S)
- **2024-10-09** (S) 3:50 P.M. 7/9/24 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-09** (S) LAW W/O GOV SIGNATURE 8/1 CH 26 SLA 24 `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER `became-law`
- **2024-10-09** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/30/24
- **2024-10-09** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE 8/30/24
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN(S) ATTACHED TO APPROP. BILL HB 268
- **2024-10-09** (H) FN1: (MVA) FROM HB 249
- **2024-10-16** (H) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE REVISED 10/15
- **2024-10-16** (S) LEG FINANCE APPROPRIATION MESSAGE REVISED 10/15

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a62e03c-6181-4d26-be7d-b8ac24943ca8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alaska legislature records).